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The Golden Knights delivered their city a true Vegas-style party from dazzling passes to Mark Stone's hat trick to all-out goal celebrations.

The greatest show in Las Vegas Tuesday night wasn't along the famed Strip – it was the National Hockey League franchise Golden Knights laying claim to the Stanley Cup.

The Golden Knights delivered their city a true Vegas-style party from dazzling passes to Mark Stone's hat trick ...

Golden Knights games have always been as flashy as any show on the Las Vegas Strip, the sword-fighting mascot taking the ice before what seems like a legion of players marching out through the mirrored entrance into the roar of the crowd. If this team was ever going to win the Stanley Cup, it was going to do it with Vegas flash.

Members or the Vegas Golden Knights, left, celebrate a goal by right wing Reilly Smith as

The Las Vegas Golden Knights won the franchise's first Stanley Cup in a Game 5 victory.

Jack Eichel is a Stanley Cup champion with the Vegas Golden Knights less than two years removed from neck surgery that no NHL player had previously come back from. Its a triumphant moment for a player whose career was derailed by the injury and became a trailblazer for the operation he credits for fixing it.

Marchessault finished second in playoff scoring to teammate Jack Eichel with 25 points. He led the postseason with 13 goals along with Leon Draisaitl as the Knights stormed through the field to win their first Cup in franchise history.

"This team has nothing to do with expansion": GM Kelly McCrimmon on building a champion with owner Bill Foley and president George McPhee.