This Stanley Cup Final between the Carolina Hurricanes and Vegas Golden Knights has been one of the wildest in recent memory, if not ever.After four thrillers, including two insane games in Vegas, the series shifted back to Raleigh for Game 5, with the two teams knotted at 2-2.This was one of the slower starts in a series filled with quick strikes, but one thing that's been constant throughout? Self-inflicted penalties.ZERO BS.JUST DAKICH.
TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD.DOWNLOAD NOW!Vegas' Pavel Dorofeyev opened the scoring in Game 5 with a power play goal.
(James Guillory-Imagn Images)The Hurricanes were whistled for one of those a few minutes before the halfway point of the first period when Nikolaj Ehlers shot a puck over the glass, and it didn't take Vegas long to make them pay.Golden Knights forward Pavel Dorofeyev capitalized on the ensuing power play, burying Vegas' first shot of the night off a terrific feed from Jack Eichel.However, just minutes later, Hurricanes captain Jordan Staal — who is having the Cup Final of his life — extended his scoring streak to five games on a slick redirection off a pass from Ehlers (redemption!) to even things up.That tied the record for the longest goal streak in Stanley Cup Final history.Staal had just two goals this postseason before the series started.Hurricanes captain Jordan Staal tied a Stanley Cup Final record by scoring in five straight games this series.
(Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images)Carolina opened the second period killing off another penalty — another delay-of-game infraction, if you can believe that — but it was back-to-back penalties for Vegas that led to a Hurricanes goal.Just one second after the Golden Knights killed off a Jeremy Lauzon roughing penalty, Brayden McNabb took an ill-advised cross-checking penalty to send Carolina back on the power play.That's when Andrei Svechnikov gave the Canes a 2-1 lead.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMSvechnikov was one of the big g...