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Taylor Hall<\/a> (Carolina Hurricanes): The fleet-footed forward scored the game\u2019s first goal 3:47 into the first period, taking a stretch pass and snapping a far-side shot past goalie Carter Hart<\/a>. He had nine points (three goals, six assists) in four potential clinching games this postseason. He also had 11 points (four goals, seven assists) in Carolina\u2019s nine road games, passing\u00a0Cory Stillman<\/a> and Ron Francis<\/a>, 10 points each, for the franchise record.<\/p>\n Jackson Blake<\/a> (Carolina Hurricanes): The second-line forward scored the second goal, at 13:31 of the second period, and assisted on the first, for seven multipoint games in a single postseason, which passed Matt Cullen<\/a> (six) for the most in franchise history. He is the third player in Whalers\/Hurricanes history to reach 20 points (seven goals, 13 assists) in a postseason, joining Eric Staal<\/a>\u00a0(28) and Stillman (26), each of whom did it 2006.<\/p>\n Jaccob Slavin<\/a>\u00a0(Carolina Hurricanes): His stretch pass set up Hall for the all-important first goal and it also gave him 13 career points (one goal, 12 assists) in a potential series-clinching game. More importantly, he was a monster in the defensive zone, using positioning and an active stick to break up chance after chance. He is the second American, after Ken Morrow<\/a> (New York Islanders) in 1980, to win an Olympic gold medal and the Stanley Cup in the same season.<\/p>\n Brandon Bussi<\/a> (Carolina Hurricanes): The first-year NHL goalie finished his Cinderella season in style, making 22 saves and keeping Vegas frustrated throughout much of the game. A lunging, unorthodox stop on a one-timer by Pavel Dorofeyev<\/a>\u00a0was just one example of him snuffing out hope. Since entering the series in the third period of Game 3 with what was imagined as mop-up duty, Bussi stopped 81 of 87 shots to allow the Hurricanes to find their footing and pull away in the series.<\/p>\n