The Golden Knights are on the brink of elimination from the Stanley Cup Final after losing Game 5 to the Carolina Hurricanes, 4-2, on Thursday.
The teams return to Vegas for Game 6 on Sunday, as the Golden Knights look to stave off elimination and force a Game 7, which would be in Raleigh, North Carolina on Wednesday.
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Though Pavel Dorofeyev opened the scoring 6:52 into the game with a power-play goal to give Vegas a 1-0 lead, the Hurricanes answered shortly thereafter to thwart the Knights’ energy, as Jordan Staal scored his sixth goal of the series.
After being outscored 9-1 in the second period through the first four games, the Hurricanes outscored the Knights 2-0 on Thursday to secure a 3-1 lead after two periods, getting goals from Andrei Svechnikov and Sebastian Aho.
Svechnikov added a power-play goal in the third, to push Carolina’s lead to 4-1 before Dorofeyev scored his second goal a little more than two minutes later to cut the lead in half.
Carolina goalie Brandon Bussi was in lockdown mode, however, as he stopped 23 shots on the night.
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Vegas netminder Carter Hart, who made 20 saves, allowed four goals for the fifth straight game.
Vegas Golden Knights right wing Pavel Dorofeyev (16) scores against Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Brandon Bussi (32) and defenseman K’andre Miller (19) during the third period in game five of the 2026 Stanley Cup Final at Lenovo Center.
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