The Carolina Hurricanes have evened up the Stanley Cup Final once more thanks to Jordan Staal’s two-goal night in Las Vegas to beat the Golden Knights in Game 4, 5-3.The series now sits at 2-2 with Game 5 slated for a return back to Carolina’s Lenovo Center on Thursday to see who will have the edge in this pivotal clash on ice.This game didn’t need overtime like the previous two, but it did need someone to break the 3-3 tie that went into the third period between these opponents.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMJordan Staal of the Carolina Hurricanes celebrates his power play goal with teammates against the Vegas Golden Knights during the first period of Game Four of the Stanley Cup Final at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nev., on June 9, 2026.(Brian Babineau/NHLI via Getty Images)With 13:39 left in Game 4, Shea Theodore made a disastrous turnover in the Golden Knights’ own zone, and Hurricanes star Seth Jarvis picked it off right in front of the net.Luckily for Vegas, Carter Harter stopped Jarvis’ backhand, but the threat wasn’t averted just yet.
Jarvis battled to get the puck back out in front, and it ended up trickling to the stick of Nikolaj Ehlers, who tried flipping it to Staal.SETH JARVIS SCORES OVERTIME GAME-WINNER AS HURRICANES STORM BACK FROM 2-0 DEFICIT TO EVEN STANLEY CUP FINALStaal lost his edge on his skate, but that didn’t stop him from swatting a back-handed shot of his own toward the net.It just trickled past Hart, and Staal celebrated while still down on the ice.
He became the first player in 44 years to score a goal in each of the first four games of the Stanley Cup Final.With the way these games have been going, though, a one-goal lead was not safe.This time, however, the Hurricanes had the defense and timely saves by Brandon Bussi, who head coach Rod Brind’Amour went with over Frederik Anderson, and the decision paid off.The Golden Knights took 20 shots on goal, with Bussi saving 7 in his first time on ice for C...