Seth Jarvis scored the overtime winner as the Carolina Hurricanes completed the comeback to take a thrilling 4-3 win over the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final.
The series is now tied 1-1 headed back to Vegas for Game 3 on Saturday.
Jarvis scored the winner on the power play at 3:56 of the extra frame, blasting a one timer past Carter Hart with Tomas Hertl in the box for tripping. It was the fourth of the postseason for Jarvis, who had not scored since Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Final against the Montreal Canadiens.
The Hurricanes found themselves in a 2-0 hole heading to the third period, but Logan Stankoven Mark Jankowski, and Jordan Staal scored third period goals to bring Carolina back into the series.
Brett Howden scored his 12th and 13th of the the postseason, surpassing his regular season total of 12. Mark Stone’s late third period equalizer was his sixth of the playoffs.
Vegas opened the scoring at 13:33 of the opening frame when Mitch Marner flipped a long clearing attempt over the heads of the ‘Canes defence, sending Howden in alone on Frederik Andersen for the game’s first goal.
Howden extended the Golden Knights’ lead to 2-0 just past the midway point of the period. After a Vegas power play expired, Howden was once again sent in alone and beat Andersen one-on-one for the second time to double the lead at 7:23 of the period.
The Golden Knights had mustered just six shots on goal through 33 minutes of game time, but got two past Andersen to take a 2-0 lead into the third period.
Stankoven cut into the Golden Knights’ lead at 10:20 of the third when his wraparound attempt ricocheted off a Vegas defenceman in front and past Carter Hart to break the shutout bid.
Jankowski tied the game just over two minutes later, when he took a beautiful backhand feed from William Carrier and wired the puck over the glove of Hart for the equalizer.
Staal briefly gave the Hurricanes a late 3-2 lead on a power play. After the Golden Knights were penalized for an unsuccessful coaches challenge on a goal that was waved off for goaltender interference, the Carolina captain parked in front of the net and tipped Shayne Gostisbehere‘s point shot past Hart.
Stone responded just over three minutes later with the net empty, batting a loose rebound past Andersen to tie the game with under two minutes remaining.
Vegas defenceman Brayden McNabb left midway through the first period and was taken to the hospital after taking a slapshot to the face.
