The Golden Knights finished with the second-most regular-season points in the NHL's Western Conference. How does that set them up in the Stanley Cup odds? Here are our best bets for the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

Think back to 2022-23 when the Golden Knights won the Stanley Cup. They got progressively better as the playoffs continued. By the time they got to the Western Conference Final they were unstoppable. Somehow they were even better in a five-game dismantling of the Florida Panthers to win the Cup.

It’s funny to look back now and remember that the Vegas Golden Knights’ rise to a perennial NHL power in their initial Stanley Cup Playoffs run was fraught with skepticism.