The Vegas Golden Knights are Stanley Cup champions.

When owner Bill Foley was awarded an NHL expansion team, he said his goal was for the Vegas Golden Knights to win a Stanley Cup by their sixth season.

That came true on Tuesday night as the Golden Knights routed the Matthew Tkachuk-less Florida Panthers 9-3 to capture the franchise’s first NHL championship.

The Panthers had pulled off upset after upset to reach the Final, but fell to the deep Golden Knights, who went efficiently through the playoffs, winning their title in 22 games.

Captain Mark Stone scored a hat trick and the Golden Knights pulled away in a dominant second period as Vegas celebrated on home ice a little more than five years after the Washington Capitals had clinched the 2018 title at Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena.

The Golden Knights have made it to the Stanley Cup Final twice in the last six years. The Panthers were the opponent this year, and the Knights defeated them in five games.

Vegas, which is presently in its sixth season in the league, is the second-youngest NHL team. The Golden Knights, although having a short franchise history, have frequently appeared in the postseason.

Vegas’ depth and firepower proved to be too much for their Eastern Conference rival in five games against the Florida Panthers.

It was the second Stanley Cup Final appearance in the team’s history; the first one occurred in the first season.

The Golden Knights, the newest addition team to the league, not only advanced to the postseason in 2018, but also reached the Stanley Cup Final. The Capitals overcame the Golden Knights in five games to earn Washington its first Stanley Cup, but the miraculous run would end there.

With Vegas’s first Stanley Cup win in club history, there are currently only 11 teams who have never won the most coveted trophy in sports.

A championship has never been won by the Coyotes, Sabres, Blue Jackets, Wild, Predators, Sharks, Jets, Senators, Canucks, Panthers, or Kraken in NHL history.