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Shayne Gostisbehere gave the Carolina Hurricanes life in the third period Tuesday, but he also took the blame for its unraveling.<\/p>\n

Read more Hurricanes squander fast start, fall to Vegas in Game 1 of Stanley Cup Final<\/a><\/p>\n

The veteran defenseman brought the home crowd at Lenovo Center to its feet when he blasted home a tying goal with 11:19 remaining. He was also right there for the game-winner, albeit on the wrong side.<\/p>\n

In the final four minutes, Las Vegas\u2019 Tomas Hertl slipped free from Gostisbehere\u2019s grasp in the slot and snapped the game-winning goal past Canes goalie Frederik Andersen.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe tried to shoot it and I took a breather for a second and went right to their guy,\u201d Gostisbehere said. \u201cAnd that\u2019s how quick it could happen. Yeah, that one\u2019s definitely on me.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Hurricanes dropped Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final, 5-4, to the Vegas Golden Knights, but Gostisbehere didn\u2019t drop his head after the game.<\/p>\n

Standing in front of his locker room following the loss, he began his comment to reporters with a tongue-in-cheek retort.<\/p>\n

\u201cI guess there\u2019s why there\u2019s seven of these things.\u201d<\/p>\n

Still, the loss offered a lesson in how little margin for error exists against a team like Vegas.<\/p>\n

The Hurricanes twice erased deficits and got goals from Nikolaj Ehlers, Jordan Staal and Gostisbehere. Yet a handful of mistakes \u2014 turnovers, failed clears and defensive breakdowns \u2014 proved costly against a Golden Knights team that capitalized whenever Carolina slipped.<\/p>\n

Hurricanes coach Rod Brind\u2019Amour said his team\u2019s defense felt disjointed at times Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey forced us into it,\u201d Brind\u2019Amour said, \u201cand we didn\u2019t handle the pressure particularly well. And sometimes there wasn\u2019t pressure. We made a few poor decisions with the puck, and they capitalized.\u201d<\/p>\n

The most crucial mistake, arguably, came with 3:24 remaining.<\/p>\n

After cycling the puck in Carolina\u2019s zone, Vegas worked the puck from Hertl to Colton Sissons before getting it back into the slot. Carolina\u2019s coverage briefly broke down. Hertl found space, took the return feed and snapped a shot past Frederik Andersen for what became the deciding goal.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a tough loss for sure,\u201d said captain Jordan Staal, who scored to tie the game, 3-3, in the second period. \u201cWe got to get our game in better shape if we want to beat this team, and yeah, we\u2019ll look at it and come back Game 2.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Carolina entered the Stanley Cup Final riding a historic postseason run: the Hurricanes went 12-1 through three rounds, becoming the first team since 1983 to reach the Final with only one loss.<\/p>\n

But Vegas presents a different challenge.<\/p>\n

The Golden Knights\u2019 aggressive forecheck repeatedly disrupted Carolina\u2019s game and forced the Hurricanes to spend more time defending than they had in previous series.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought they played this a little bit better than us,\u201d Staal said. \u201cThey executed that game plan in regards to their forecheck… and they buried their chances when they had them.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Hurricanes couldn\u2019t have scripted a much better start. Ehlers scored 25 seconds<\/a> into the game on Carolina\u2019s first shot, sending a sellout crowd into a frenzy in Raleigh\u2019s first Stanley Cup Final game in two decades.<\/p>\n

Ehlers added another later in the first period to make it 2-0.<\/p>\n

And when Vegas rallied to take its first lead, Carolina answered. Staal tied the game in the second period. Gostisbehere tied it again in the third.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe did a lot of good things tonight,\u201d Gostisbehere said. \u201cThey obviously did some great things too. It was a back-and-forth game for sure. So it\u2019s good to be out there and see how the series is going to be. It\u2019s going to be a tough one for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n

Outside of Gostisbehere and a few other Carolina players who spoke to the media, the home locker room was quiet postgame. Players stretched on the turf area and stared into space. Andrei Svechnikov sat alone, further away from the crowd, on the edge of a treadmill with his head down.<\/p>\n

And yet, the mood felt more frustrated than defeated.<\/p>\n

The Hurricanes know they have work to do \u2014 particularly the top line<\/a>. They also know they were one late goal away from forcing overtime.<\/p>\n

Tuesday night, Brind\u2019Amour spoke about Carolina\u2019s recovery after losing Game 1 in the Eastern Conference Final. But he also cautioned against drawing direct comparisons.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a totally different team, and that may be part of it too,\u201d Brind\u2019Amour said. \u201cWe got to get up to speed on how this game and this series is going to go. I think we certainly got a taste of that now. Similarly, we made a lot of mistakes in that first game that cost us.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Brind\u2019Amour paused.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut yeah,\u201d he added. \u201cYou can\u2019t make \u2018em. Can\u2019t make \u2018em.\u201d<\/p>\n

This story was originally published June 3, 2026 at 5:30 AM.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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