The Vegas Golden Knights fell to the Carolina Hurricanes, 4-2, in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final on Thursday at Lenovo Center.
Pavel Dorofeyev opened the scoring with a power-play goal at
6:52 of the first period, finishing a cross-slot feed from Jack Eichel to give Vegas a 1-0 lead. Carolina answered before the intermission as Jordan Staal tied the game 1-1.
The Hurricanes took control in the second period with a power-play goal from Andrei Svechnikov and a later tally from Sebastian Aho to build a 3-1 advantage. Svechnikov added his second power-play goal of the night with
8:52 remaining in regulation to extend Carolina's lead to 4-1.
Dorofeyev scored his second goal of the game less than four minutes later, burying a loose puck created by a backhanded pass from Shea Theodore to cut the deficit to two.
However, the Hurricanes held off the late push and secured a 4-2 victory in Game 5.