Forget trying to predict the Stanley Cup Final.The Carolina-Vegas series seems to be changing on a period-to-period basis.
The Hurricanes beat the Golden Knights last night to even the series, 2-2, and our Andrew Greif breaks it all down below.Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.Also, tonight is Game 4 of the NBA Finals at Madison Square Garden.We’ll have two correspondents on the ground and a live blog running all night, so come follow along.If that weren’t enough, the World Cup starts tomorrow! Heads up: We’ll be live-blogging essentially every day, giving you real-time analysis of all the games.
Maybe it’d be easier if you just bookmarked the NBC News sports homepage.Stanley Cup FinalFour games into what has been a chaotic, unpredictable Stanley Cup Final, the only consistent takeaway is that no lead is safe.For a fourth consecutive game, a two-goal lead disappeared after Carolina took a 2-0 edge, only for Las Vegas to roar back and eventually tie the score at 3-3.
But this series is now tied 2-2 after the Hurricanes regained their composure to score the final two goals — the go-ahead one by Jordan Staal as he was splayed out onto his stomach — and win 5-3.This matchup has been so wild that every game seems to send sportswriters searching through the record books for precedent.Here was yesterday’s: Staal is now the first player since 1982 to score at least one goal in the first four games of the Stanley Cup Final, per The Associated Press.Carolina earned the win, but it also created a question after benching goaltender Frederik Andersen in favor of Brandon Bussi.
Those two had traded minutes during the regular season, only for Andersen to start every postseason game until yesterday.Andersen was said to need rest, but Bussi made 18 saves.
At least for the Hurricanes, it’s good to have options in the net in a series where offense has ruled.Brandon Bussi of the Carolina Hurric...