Anyone sick of this Cup Final yet?
The fourth installment of this raucous showdown between the Hurricanes and the Golden Knights saw another compromised two-goal lead, another dominant second period from Vegas, and, this time, a 5- 3 Hurricanes win to even the series. With this, the Hurricanes still haven’t lost two games in a row since January.
Carolina’s power play kept rolling with a two-goal explosion in the first period to set the tone, then Captain Jordan Staal put together an unexpected case for the Conn Smythe with two goals on the evening, totaling five in four Cup Final games.
On the other side, Mitch Marner kept his Conn Smythe campaign alive and well with his 29th point of this postseason, a Vegas playoff record that also leads the 2026 playoffs.
While the entire fate of this series feels up in the air on a shift-by-shift basis, one thing’s for sure as we return to Raleigh for Game 5, all tied up: You can’t miss a second of this thing. To put it in perspective, this is the first time in Stanley Cup Final history that the losing team in every game so far has scored three or more goals. So, yeah, a lot is going on, and we can’t be quite sure about any of it.
Here are the biggest takeaways from Game 4 of the 2026 Stanley Cup Final, as we’re once again decompressing from an absolute banger.
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