<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nCarolina is now the first team in 82 years to win a game in the final when down by more than one goal within the final 10 minutes of regulation. That would also make Vegas \u2014 which fell behind by two goals in the opener \u2014 the first team since 1944 to blow such a lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe sport of hockey is funny that way,\u201d Golden Knights center William Karlsson said Friday. \u201cI think that\u2019s why we all love it. It can go either way at any times …. But it\u2019s hockey. It\u2019s a game of mistakes, and it\u2019s bound to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Hurricanes after cruising through the first three rounds with 12 wins and just one loss\u00a0met their match in Vegas, and that was\u00a0evident in Game 1. What also became clear is that neither of team is going to get pushed around for an entire night, even if there are stretches of domination by one side or the other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s going to be hard to play your best game \u2014 that\u2019s the point,\u201d Carolina coach Rod Brind\u2019Amour said. \u201cIt would be great if you could do it for the whole 60 minutes. But it\u2019s probably not going to be that way because they\u2019re a very, very good team.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Counterpart John Tortorella emphasized that again before he and his team flew home,\u00a0insisting he likes where Vegas is at\u00a0two games into its biggest challenge yet this postseason. The Golden Knights have stolen home-ice advantage and get to play the next two on The Strip, where Tortorella can better control matchups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere\u2019s no difference,\u201d Tortorella said. \u201cWe\u2019re going to play. We know how to play. We know how we want to play.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So do the Hurricanes, and it\u2019s what they displayed at the end of Game 2. Logan Stankoven provided the spark, Mark Jankowski kept it going and Jordan Staal scored on a power play after Tortorella\u2019s\u00a0failed goaltender interference challenge\u00a0became a difference-making moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Of course, the Golden Knights dominating for much of the first two periods and the start of the third showed why they\u2019ve been such a buzzsaw since Tortorella took over in late March. Brind\u2019Amour acknowledged the vibes around his team were better than they could have been if not for the turnaround, but neither team should expect to feel too good about itself for toon long in a series like this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Players are embracing that as part of the fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis is exciting,\u201d Jarvis said. \u201cThis is what playoff hockey\u2019s all about is tight games and momentum swings, and you never really know what\u2019s going to happen next. I don\u2019t think you can ask any more of a playoff series.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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