The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Carolina Hurricanes, 5-4, in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final on Tuesday at Lenovo Center. The Golden Knights lead the series, 1-0.<\/p>\n
HOW IT WENT DOWN TOP PERFORMERS Brett Howden: Howden scored his 11th goal of the playoffs, leading the NHL.<\/p>\n Shea Theodore: Theodore got the Golden Knights on the board and tallied two assists to increase his postseason point total to 14 (5G, 9A).<\/p>\n Brayden McNabb: McNabb recorded three assists for the first time in his regular and postseason career and posted a game-high +3 rating.<\/p>\n Ivan Barbashev: Barbashev netted the game-tying goal 30 seconds into the second frame.<\/p>\n William Karlsson: Karlsson scored a go-ahead goal for the first time this postseason.<\/p>\n SERIES AT A GLANCE VGK STATS OF THE KNIGHT Shea Theodore (1G, 2A) and\u00a0Brayden McNabb (3A) became the first\u00a0defensive pair to each skate away with a three-point night in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final.<\/p>\n Theodore has six career points (2G, 4A) in the opening game of the Stanley Cup Final (3 GP), which is the most among all active NHL players.<\/p>\n With 11 goals this postseason, Brett Howden has netted the second-most playoff goals in franchise history.<\/p>\n For the first time in franchise history, the Golden Knights have multiple players with 15 or more playoff assists, including Mitch Marner with 15 and Eichel with 17.<\/p>\n Carter Hart picked up his seventh straight win in Tuesday\u2019s victory, the longest stretch in club history.<\/p>\n The Golden Knights were the first road team in NHL history to come back from a multi-goal deficit to win in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final.<\/p>\n Mitch Marner continues to lead the NHL with 22 postseason points (7G, 15A).<\/p>\n WHEN VGK WINS, YOU WIN! LOOKING AHEAD
Nikolaj Ehlers scored the game-opening goal 25 seconds into the first period, giving the Hurricanes an early 1-0 lead. Ehlers netted his second goal of the night to extend Carolina\u2019s edge to 2-0 with 7:52 remaining in the opening period. Less than two minutes later,\u00a0Shea Theodore<\/a> cut the Hurricanes\u2019 lead in half with a goal from the point. Cole Smith<\/a> skated behind the net and sent the puck to Brayden McNabb<\/a>, who tapped it to Theodore for the one-timer past Frederik Andersen. Half a minute into the middle frame, Ivan Barbashev<\/a> pulled the game even at two. Jack Eichel<\/a> collected the puck behind the goal line and fed it to Barbashev in the left circle as he went top shelf for the score. At 4:35 into the second period, Mitch Marner<\/a> picked up a loose puck behind the net and backhanded it to William Karlsson<\/a> in the slot, who lifted it past Andersen, giving the Golden Knights a 3-2 lead. Jordan Staal found the back of the net to tie the game at three with 7:18 remaining in the middle period. At 1:21 in the final frame, Brett Howden<\/a> pulled the Golden Knights ahead once again as he tipped in Theodore\u2019s shot, for the 4-3 score. Shayne Gostisbehere evened the score, 4-4, with 8:41 remaining in the game. Five minutes later, Tomas Hertl<\/a> netted the game-winner to seal the 5-4 Game 1 win. Colton Sissons<\/a> backhanded the puck to Hertl, who skated into the slot and fired the game-winning shot past Andersen. Carter Hart<\/a> turned aside 23 out of 27 shots to lift the Golden Knights to their first win of the Stanley Cup Final.<\/p>\n
Tomas Hertl: Hertl netted the game-winning goal for the second time this postseason.<\/p>\n
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Game 1: Vegas Golden Knights 5, Carolina Hurricanes 4 | HIGHLIGHTS<\/a>
Game 2: Thursday, June 4, 5 p.m. | Lenovo Center
Game 3: Saturday, June 6, 5 p.m. | T-Mobile Arena |\u00a0BUY TICKETS<\/a>
Game 4: Tuesday, June 9, 5 p.m. | T-Mobile Arena |\u00a0BUY TICKETS<\/a>
Game 5 (if necessary): Thursday, June 11, 5 p.m. | Lenovo Center
Game 6\u00a0(if necessary): Sunday, June 14, 5 p.m.\u00a0| T-Mobile Arena |\u00a0BUY TICKETS<\/a>
Game 7 (if necessary): Wednesday, June 17, 5 p.m. | Lenovo Center<\/p>\n
Jack Eichel has registered 50 playoff assists in 57 career postseason games, becoming the fastest American-born player to reach the mark in NHL history.<\/p>\n
Fans can receive six free boneless or traditional wings at any Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant location throughout the greater Vegas metro area with a $10+ qualifying pre-tax purchase of food and non-alcoholic beverages, available for two days after any 2025-2026 VGK Win.<\/p>\n
The Golden Knights play in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final against the Carolina Hurricanes at Lenovo Center on Thursday at 5:00 p.m. Tune into the Pregame Show on The Spot-Vegas 34 or KnightTime+ at 4:00 p.m. PT, then catch all the action on ABC. Listen live on FOX Sports Las Vegas 94.7\/1340 and Deportes Vegas 1460. After the game, tune into Spot-Vegas 34 or KnightTime+ for the Postgame Show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Carolina Hurricanes, 5-4, in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":712137,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":["post-712136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=712136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/712137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=712136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=712136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=712136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}