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Carolina Hurricanes center Jordan Staal, right, celebrates his goal during the first period in Game 4 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Final series against the Vegas Golden Knights, Tuesday, June 9, 2026, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo\/John Locher)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

LAS VEGAS \u2014 The Carolina-Vegas series was largely expected to be a Stanley Cup Final<\/a> in which goals were at a premium and each shift felt like a march up a well-defended hill.<\/p>

Read more Sal Stewart\u2019s 11th-inning homer sends Reds past Padres 5-3, ending Cincy\u2019s 5-game skid<\/a><\/p>\n

Yeah, that isn\u2019t this.<\/p>\n

Another two-goal lead went the way of the landline on Tuesday night, the go-ahead shot came from a 37-year-old on his stomach on one of the great runs in Cup final history, and the winning goalie made his first start in two months and doesn\u2019t know if that will be his last one this postseason.<\/p>\n

None of it makes sense and yet it all somehow does in this series that is now even after four games \u2014 probably aptly so \u2014 because of Jordan Staal\u2019s second goal at 6:32 of the third period that came while sprawled on the ice in what became a 5-3 Hurricanes victory over for the Golden Knights.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a wild ride, isn\u2019t it?\u201d Staal said. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of emotion, lots of ups and downs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now the series heads back to Carolina for Game 5 on Thursday night. The Hurricanes will potentially have two games on home ice to win their first Cup in two decades. Coach Rod Brind\u2019Amour captained that 2006 team, and though he\u2019s not ready to look at the big picture, he recognizes this is a unique final.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know I need to (appreciate it) because this doesn\u2019t come across very often,\u201d Brind\u2019Amour said. \u201cBut it is pretty stressful.\u201d<\/p>\n

The same applies at the other end, where the 9-year-old Golden Knights chase their second championship in four years. Their position isn\u2019t all that different from when the day started \u2014 two more wins and they\u2019re there \u2014 but now they need to win at least once more on the road.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to flush it and get ready for our next game,\u201d Vegas coach John Tortorella said. \u201cI don\u2019t think we should be looking any farther than just the next game.\u201d<\/p>\n

Whichever team winds up losing can point to a number of moments that could have changed the outcome.<\/p>\n

Each game until this one was decided by one goal. It appeared this one would as well until Nikolaj Ehlers deposited an empty-net goal from 187 feet.<\/p>\n

A two-goal lead has disappeared in all four games in what has been a remarkable series in which momentum often changes at a moment\u2019s notice. Each team has led by at least that many twice.<\/p>

Read more Platner to frame overtly negative campaign against Collins<\/a><\/p>\n

The 33 combined goals are tied for the third highest in a Cup final with the Islanders-Flyers series in 1980.<\/p>\n

Staal became the first player in 44 years to score at least one goal in each of the first four games of the final and the ninth overall. Mike Bossy in 1982 with the New York Islanders against the Vancouver Canucks was the last player to score in the first four games of a final.<\/p>\n

Ehlers\u2019 goal was part of a three-point night for him, Jackson Blake had a goal and an assist and Logan Stankoven scored a goal.<\/p>\n

Brandon Bussi started in place of Frederik Andersen in goal and made 18 saves, and including his work in relief in Game 2, Bussi has 36 saves on 40 shots. Brind\u2019Amour said that Andersen, who did not dress, needed the rest. Pyotr Kochetkov was the backup goalie with Andersen serving as the emergency goaltender.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re going to give him a break, you need to give him a break,\u201d Brind\u2019Amour said. \u201cSo to me, him dressing and going through all that does not really give him a night off.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mark Stone, William Karlsson and Brett Howden scored goals for the Golden Knights, and Carter Hart made 23 saves. Karlsson also had an assist.<\/p>\n

The Hurricanes came out blazing, taking a 3-1 lead in the first period. Vegas nearly cut it to one, but Brayden McNabb\u2019s goal came right after the period ended and didn\u2019t count.<\/p>\n

Vegas scored twice in the second to tie the game, and the Golden Knights have now outscored Carolina 9-1 in that period.<\/p>\n

But the Golden Knights failed to add to that total, shifting home-ice advantage back to the Hurricanes.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe knew it was going to be a tight series,\u201d Golden Knights defenseman Rasmus Andersson said. \u201cWe\u2019re playing a really good team and 2-2, best out of three and fly out to Carolina (Wednesday) and take care of business in Game 5.\u201d<\/p>

Read more Republican Steve Hilton advances in California governor\u2019s race<\/a><\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

AP NHL: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/stanley-cup<\/a> and https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nhl<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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