Karlsson gave Vegas a 3-2 lead at 4:35, scoring from the slot off Mitch Marner‘s pretty backhand pass from below the goal line.
“Teams are going to have pushes and we’ve got to do a better job of weathering them,” Jarvis said.
A little more than eight minutes later, Staal ended the Golden Knights’ scoring streak by cashing in off a turnover by Noah Hanifin to tie it 3-3 at 12:42.
Howden put Vegas back in front 4-3 at 1:21 of the third period. He cut through the left circle behind Chatfield and redirected a diagonal pass from Theodore under Andersen’s right arm.
Gostisbehere tied it 4-4 at 11:19, scoring unassisted from the left circle off a face-off following an icing by the Golden Knights. The goal came 16 seconds after Carolina killed off Mark Jankowski‘s penalty for delay of game at 9:03.
But then Hart made the save on Jarvis and eventually Sissons and Hertl worked their give-and-go, with Hertl scoring from between the hash marks with a shot past Andersen’s blocker to push the Golden Knights in front of the game and, ultimately, the series.
“I’ve said it all the way through the playoffs, it’s a find a way league,” Tortorella said. “We found a way tonight.”
NOTES: Theodore and McNabb became the first set of defensemen on the same team to each record three points in Game 1 of a Stanley Cup Final. It’s the third time a defense pair has teamed up to do that in any Stanley Cup Final game, joining Brian Leetch (four points) and Sergei Zubov (three) with the New York Rangers in Game 4 in 1994, and Charlie Huddy and Paul Coffey (three each) with the Edmonton Oilers in Game 4 in 1985. … Hertl’s goal was the latest go-ahead goal in a Stanley Cup Final game since 2017, when Patric Hornqvist scored for the Pittsburgh Penguins at 18:25 of the third period in Game 6 against the Nashville Predators. … Howden’s goal was his League-leading 11th of the postseason. … Marner’s assist on Karlsson’s goal was his League-leading 22nd point.