Dorofeev on Stanley Cup final loss: It will hurt for a while
Rangers forward Pavel Dorofeev says losing the 2026 Stanley Cup final with Vegas to Carolina will keep hurting for a while, but he expects it to make him stronger.
Pavel Dorofeev, now a forward with the Rangers, said the Stanley Cup final defeat with Vegas will go on hurting for a while, but that he sees a use for it. He spoke to the NHL's official website.
The Golden Knights lost the 2026 final to Carolina 2-4. Dorofeev, 25, was their leading goalscorer in the regular season with 37 goals in 82 games. In the play-offs he scored 12 goals and added 4 assists in 22 games, second on the team's list of goalscorers.
He left Vegas in the summer in a trade and signed a seven-year contract with the Rangers worth $77m.
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