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06/04 23:07 CDT Seth Jarvis scores in overtime, Carolina beats Vegas in Game 2
to tie Stanley Cup Final
Seth Jarvis scores in overtime, Carolina beats Vegas in Game 2 to tie Stanley
Cup Final
By STEPHEN WHYNO
AP Hockey Writer
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) --- Seth Jarvis scored on a power play in overtime after
Carolina erased a deficit in regulation only to gave up a late tying goal, and
the Hurricanes beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-3 in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup
Final on Thursday night to the series.
Jarvis' heroics 3:56 into OT came after a thrilling third period that included
four goals being scored and another getting called off because of goaltender
interference.
"It was lot," said Jarvis, who scored for just the fourth time this playoffs.
"We did a great job controlling our emotions. We never got too high, never got
too low. Just kept responding, and that's what I love about this group is we
always bounce back."
Game 3 is Saturday in Las Vegas. There is now a guarantee the series will
return to Raleigh for a Game 5 next week.
That did not look anything close to certain when Hurricanes had almost nothing
going for the first 45 minutes, falling behind by two goals as the Golden
Knights took advantage of a couple of scoring chances and locked down
defensively. A couple of strong shifts in the offensive zone just before the
midway point of the third brought the crowd back to life because the Hurricanes
were buzzing.
"The building is a tough building to play in when it gets going," captain
Jordan Staal said. "Obviously, we just needed a spark."
Logan Stankoven, one of the team's best players this spring, provided he.
Stankoven made a terrific individual effort to get them on the board, taking
the puck away from Rasmus Andersson, going to the net and banking a shot off
Jeremy Lauzon and in with 9:40 remaining in regulation.
Less than three minutes later, Mark Jankowski fired a shot past Carter Hart to
tie it, flipping the script from Game 1, when Vegas erased a multigoal deficit
and won. This is the first time each of the first two games of a Cup final
featured a team falling behind by more than a goal and winning.
"Stanky did a great job getting it going and Janks with a great shot, and it
just carried on from there," Jarvis said.
A big decision by Vegas coach John Tortorella with five minutes left paved the
way for it to happen.
Frederik Andersen initially went full extension to deny Ivan Barbashev with the
paddle of his stick, and a scrum ensued in the crease that ended with the puck
eventually in the net. Referee Jean Hebert waved it off immediately, saying
Andersen was pushed into the net and ruling it was goaltender interference.
"I saw a loose puck in front of Freddie," Tortorella said. "Our player stabbed
it, didn't move the goalie and it goes through him into the other side. I'd
challenge it 10 out of 10 times."
Tortorella after some deliberation opted to use his coach's challenge, and the
on-ice officials in consultation with the NHL's situation room confirmed the
call on the ice stood.
"The ruling on the play was goaltender interference," executive vice president
and director of officiating Stephen Walkom told a pool reporter. "He waved it
(off) immediately. He believed that it was under the goalie, and the Vegas
player went after the puck and interfered with the goalie and his ability to
freeze the puck and waived it off immediately."
The punishment for a failed challenge is a 2-minute minor penalty. The
Hurricanes went on the power play, where they had been so ineffective all night
and most of the playoffs.
Not this time. Staal redirected Shayne Gostisbehere's point shot in on the
power play. with 4:35 left in regulation.
The Hurricanes killed off a penalty in the intervening time before allowing
Stone to tie it with 1:21 left at 6 on 5 with Hart pulled for an extra skater.
Carolina defenseman Jaccob Slavin actually knocked the puck into his own net on
the play.
Eearly in overtime, Tomas Hertl tripped Staal to put Carolina back on the power
play. That allowed Jarvis to score just Carolina's ninth power play goal of the
playoffs.
"That's a step in the right direction," Jarvis said. "Our power play found our
groove tonight. It started with Jordo in the third, and there just making the
right plays, playing smart and being aggressive and it worked out."
Instead of Vegas going home looking to move to the verge of a second
championship in nine years of existence, the series is all square, despite Hart
making some big saves and Brett Howden scoring his playoff-leading 12th and
13th goals.
Asked what changed, a tight-lipped Tortorella said: "I have my thoughts. I'm
not discussing it here."
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