Hurricanes one win from lifting Cup: Grades, big q...
Key takeaways
- We are about to enter the first elimination game of the Stanley Cup Final on the heels of Game 5, which put the Carolina Hurricanes in position to win their first championship since 2006.
- It's wild to think that in this series we had already seen multigoal leads disappear in each of the first four games.
- The Golden Knights had their chances at a comeback but couldn't make good.
Why this matters: a sports story that could shift standings, legacies, or fan conversations.
We are about to enter the first elimination game of the Stanley Cup Final on the heels of Game 5, which put the Carolina Hurricanes in position to win their first championship since 2006.
It's not as if Carolina was in control from the start -- the Vegas Golden Knights scored early in the first period to take a 1-0 lead -- but it was all Hurricanes from there as Carolina scored the next four goals and held on for a 4-2 win.
It's wild to think that in this series we had already seen multigoal leads disappear in each of the first four games. That wasn't the case on Thursday as Carolina punched in one puck after another past Carter Hart to put Vegas on the brink of a failed Cup run in their own building Sunday.