Golden Knights vs. Hurricanes live score: Full stats from Stanley Cup Finals Game 2

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>Will the Carolina Hurricanes pull even in the series or will the Vegas Golden Knights go up another game. That's the biggest question as Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final comes on Thursday night.

>Vegas holds a 1-0 lead after a wild 5-4 win. They swept the Colorado Avalanche to get here and have kept the playoff winning streak alive. The Hurricanes lost their Eastern Conference finals opener against the Montreal Canadiens, but made adjustments in Game 2 to advance.

2026 Stanley Cup Finals

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123OTTotalGolden Knights1113Hurricanes0033Scoring summary3rd PeriodVGKCAR18:39VegasMark Stone (6) Assists: Mitch Marner (17), Tomas Hertl (7)

3315:25CarolinaJordan Staal (4) (Power Play) Assists: Shayne Gostisbehere (5), Andrei Svechnikov (5)

2312:46CarolinaMark Jankowski (1) Assists: William Carrier (4), Eric Robinson (4)

2210:20CarolinaLogan Stankoven (10) Unassisted

212nd PeriodVGKCAR7:23VegasBrett Howden (13) Assists: Ivan Barbashev (8), Noah Hanifin (7)

201st PeriodVGKCAR13:33VegasBrett Howden (12) Assists: Mitch Marner (16)

Golden Knights vs. Hurricanes NHL box score: Live stats from Stanley Cup Final Game 2Vegas Golden KnightsforwardsGA+/-SPIMTOIW. KarlssonC

0012017:56C. SissonsC

0000213:21S. TheodoreD

0011026:57J. LauzonD

00-10019:35M. MarnerRW

0213021:54GoaltenderSAGASVSV%TOIC. HartG

23320.87059:36Carolina HurricanesforwardsGA+/-SPIMTOIT. HallLW

0003016:30S. WalkerD

00-10019:36K. MillerD

00-20220:40L. StankovenC

10-12016:25J. BlakeRW

00-20216:16GoaltenderSAGASVSV%TOIF. AndersenG

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