Hurricanes stun Knights in OT, even Stanley Cup Final
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- Seth Jarvis scored the overtime winner on a power play at 3:56 of overtime, capping Carolina's 4-3 comeback in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final and tying the series 1-1.
- The Carolina Hurricanes became the first team since 1944 to win a Stanley Cup Final game after trailing by multiple goals in the final 10 minutes of regulation.
- John Tortorella's failed coach's challenge on a disputed goaltender interference no-call resulted in a Carolina delay-of-game power play, on which Jordan Staal scored 25 seconds in to give the Hurricanes a 3-2 lead.
- Vegas had been 31-0-3 this season when leading after two periods, and teams that take a 2-0 Stanley Cup Final series lead have historically gone on to win 91% of the time.
- The Golden Knights played the final two periods without defenseman Brayden McNabb, who was taken to a local hospital after taking a shot near his visor in the first period.
- This is the second Stanley Cup Final to begin with back-to-back multigoal comeback wins and the first time both teams earned victories, with the series shifting to Las Vegas for Game 3.
Why it matters: Carolina erased a 2-0 game deficit that had Vegas on the brink of a 2-0 series lead — historically a 91% winning position — by turning Tortorella's failed coach's challenge into a go-ahead power-play goal. Vegas also lost defenseman Brayden McNabb to a hospital visit, leaving them short-handed for two periods of a game they once controlled, with the series now shifting to Las Vegas tied.