{"id":246803,"date":"2026-06-05T04:51:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T04:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/05\/winners-losers-from-game-2-of-stanley-cup-final-hurricanes-storm-back-to-tie-series\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T04:51:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T04:51:06","slug":"winners-losers-from-game-2-of-stanley-cup-final-hurricanes-storm-back-to-tie-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/05\/winners-losers-from-game-2-of-stanley-cup-final-hurricanes-storm-back-to-tie-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Winners, losers from Game 2 of Stanley Cup Final: Hurricanes storm back to tie series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>After losing a two-goal lead in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/nhl\/teams\/carolina_hurricanes\/103\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carolina Hurricanes<\/a> turned the tables on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/nhl\/teams\/vegas_golden_knights\/17347\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vegas Golden Knights<\/a> in Game 2 and rallied for a 4-3 overtime win to tie the series at one game apiece.<\/p>\n<p>Carolina trailed by two goals with less than 10 minutes to play, but rallied to play its way back into the series as it shifts to Vegas this weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here are some more winners and losers from Thursday&#8217;s game.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Game 2 winners<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Carolina&#8217;s power play.\u00a0<\/strong>If the Hurricanes have had one weakness in these playoffs, it has been without a doubt their power play. It has been ice-cold for most of the postseason and was starting to become a liability.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe they were due, because they scored two of their biggest goals of the season on Thursday to help complete the comeback.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan Staal scored a power-play goal with under five minutes to play to give Carolina its first lead of the game, and then Seth Jarvis scored the winner in overtime on a power play to even the series.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It is not always about how many goals, but when you get them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Seth Jarvis, Carolina Hurricanes.<\/strong> That last line also applies to Jarvis. He has been one of Carolina&#8217;s best goal-scorers over the past three years, but he entered Thursday&#8217;s game with just three goals in 12 playoff games, with one of them being an empty-netter.<\/p>\n<p>Then he scored one of the biggest goals of his career so far in overtime.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n    !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n    {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n    n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n    if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n    n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n    t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n    fbq('init', '1324276914788316');\n    fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/nhl\/articles\/winners_losers_from_game_2_of_stanley_cup_final_hurricanes_storm_back_to_tie_series\/s1_13132_43919522\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After losing a two-goal lead in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final, the Carolina Hurricanes turned the tables on the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 2 and rallied for a 4-3 overtime win to tie the series at one game apiece. 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