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Carolina leads 3-2, Karlsson's out, and the Hurricanes head to Vegas tonight with their first Stanley Cup in 20 years dangling right there. Ben Trotter on why this should be simple — and why it probably won't be.
Jordan Staal scored his fifth goal of the series while sprawling on the ice in Game 4. Nobody has done what he's doing in a Stanley Cup Final since Mike Bossy in 1982.
Brandon Bussi, undrafted and waiver-claimed, just won his first playoff start in the 2026 Stanley Cup Final. Carolina ties it 2-2 like this was always the plan.
Mitch Marner scored three goals in 6 minutes and 10 seconds in the Stanley Cup Final, breaking a 69-year-old record set by Rocket Richard. The Toronto years are irrelevant now.
Marner scored the fastest hat trick in Cup Final history, breaking a 69-year-old Rocket Richard record. But then Carolina nearly came all the way back.
Vegas gave up a 4-0 lead and still won. Shea Theodore's double overtime goal is the most Vegas thing that has ever happened.
Brayden McNabb took an 87mph Nikolaj Ehlers slap shot to the face in Game 2 and never returned. Vegas played five defensemen for two-plus periods, blew a 2-0 lead, and lost in OT. The protocol worked. The system remains.
Aho, Jarvis, and Svechnikov went pointless in Game 1 as Vegas erased a 2-0 lead. Carolina has 48 hours to fix its top line before Game 2 on Thursday.
Tomas Hertl's game-winner lifts Vegas over Carolina 5-4 in Stanley Cup Final Game 1. The Golden Knights know how to close. The Hurricanes are learning that now.
