LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — The Stanley Cup Final returns to T-Mobile Arena, where the Golden Knights will look to rebound after a tough Game 2 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday.
Both teams meet again for Game 3 on Saturday, with the series tied 1–1.
This final is shaping up to be more like a seesaw, with wild momentum swings back and forth. This is the first Cup final in league history in which each of the first two games featured a multigoal comeback victory.
Carolina 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 — which fell behind by two goals in the opener — the first team since 1944 to blow such a lead.
“The sport of hockey is funny that way,” Golden Knights center William Karlsson said Friday. “I think that’s why we all love it. It can go either way at any times …. But it’s hockey. It’s a game of mistakes, and it’s bound to happen.”
The Hurricanes after cruising through the first three rounds with 12 wins and just one loss met their match in Vegas, and that was evident 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.
Puck drop is slated for 5 p.m. at T-Mobile Arena.
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