Golden Knights close helping Mitch Marner (93) celebrates aft scoring against the Carolina Hurricanes during the 2nd play successful Game 3 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Final successful Las Vegas, Thursday, June 4, 2026. Photo by: Wade Vandervort
By W.G. Ramirez, Associated Press
Saturday, June 6, 2026 | 8:54 p.m.
Conn Smythe favourite Mitch Marner had a earthy chapeau instrumentality successful the 2nd play to assistance the Vegas Golden Knights physique a four-goal pb implicit the Carolina Hurricanes connected Saturday nighttime successful Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final.
The 4-0 vantage didn't last, arsenic Carolina answered with 4 goals successful the 3rd play to unit overtime for the 2nd consecutive game. Carolina overcame a 2-0 shortage and won Game 2 successful overtime erstwhile Seth Jarvis scored during a powerfulness play 3:56 into the other frame.
It's Carolina's seventh overtime crippled of the playoffs, and Vegas 5th travel to other time.
Tomas Hertl broke a scoreless necktie midway done the second, aft Vegas opened the stanza by having 2 goals overturned by challenges.
Marner’s archetypal extremity came erstwhile helium gathered a escaped puck adjacent the boards and fired a backhander into the crease, wherever Carolina defenseman Sean Walker accidentally deflected the puck past Frederik Andersen.
Less than 4 minutes later, Marner gracefully deked astir Andersen and slipped the puck into the nett with comparative easiness to marque it 3-0.
Then, with a small much than 3 minutes near successful the period, the 10-year seasoned blasted a changeable from the close circle, triggering throngs of hats being thrown connected the ice. It was the fastest earthy chapeau instrumentality successful Stanley Cup past astatine 6:10.
“I can’t bash it by myself, that’s for sure,” Marner said during a tv interrogation betwixt periods. “All 5 guys person been connected a large page. I’ve liked our line’s play for the past month.”
Marner besides assisted connected Hertl’s goal. His 4 points are tied for the astir successful a azygous play since 1919.
Marner’s 28 points are the astir by immoderate subordinate successful NHL past successful his archetypal postseason with a caller team
The 29-year-old has 10 goals successful 19 playoff games with the Golden Knights. He had 13 goals successful 70 playoff games during his 9 years with Toronto.
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