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It wasn\u2019t Game 7, but it almost felt like it.<\/p>\n

The Carolina Hurricanes and Vegas Golden Knights went at it Thursday in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final, and it was 60 minutes of hard checks and fights for pucks and a bruising battle to find open ice and any kind of scoring chance.<\/p>\n

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The Canes emerged with 4-2 victory after a game of big-boy hockey at the Lenovo Center, grabbing a 3-2 lead in the series and putting them on the brink of the franchise\u2019s second Stanley Cup.<\/p>\n

The Canes go back to Las Vegas for Game 6 on Sunday. The Cup will be in T-Mobile Arena. Only the Canes can win it that night.<\/p>\n

Neither team had won two straight games in a Cup Final filled with funky plays and blown leads and unpredictable and sudden momentum swings.<\/p>\n

And, in the Canes\u2019 case, a goalie change.<\/p>\n

Brandon Bussi quickly became a fast trending story after relieving Frederik Anderson in the third period of Game 3, winning Game 4 in the rookie\u2019s first career playoff start and then starting again Thursday.<\/p>\n

Vegas scored on its first shot of the game as Pavel Dorofeyev, who had two goals in the game, converted on a power play, his first goal in the Cup Final.<\/p>\n

But Canes captain Jordan Staal scored, again, and again historically.<\/p>\n

Andrei Svechnikov had two power-play goals.<\/p>\n

And Sebastian Aho, who has been more of a playmaker than goal scorer in the playoffs, went top shelf after a Sean Walker pass for a 3-1 lead in the second period.<\/p>\n

Staal has six goals in the Stanley Cup Final and became the first player to score in five straight games to start a Cup Final since Jean Beliveau in 1956. The other two: Maurice Richard (1951) and Cyclone Taylor (1918).<\/p>\n

Staal\u2019s sprawling backhander while flat on the ice was the winning goal in Game 4 \u2014 not the most nimble of shots, but in the net. He scored on a redirect of an Ehlers shot for a 1-1 tie Thursday and other good looks as he powered his way around the crease.<\/p>\n

The Canes continued to surge on the power play. Svechnikov saw to that, tying the score in the second period with a blast and adding his second in the third period for a 4-1 lead.<\/p>\n

Vegas captain Mark Stone was called for a double-minor high-sticking penalty in the third after getting his stick under the shield of defenseman Jalen Chatfield and almost yanking off his helmet.<\/p>\n

The Canes, after struggling though the playoffs, have power-play goals in four straight games.<\/p>\n

The Canes\u2019 third delay-of-game penalty, for flipping the puck over the glass, resulted in a 6-on-4 power play for Vegas after pulling goalie Carter Hart.<\/p>\n

Bussi\u2019s last big stop, with 1:20 left in regulation, essentially sealed the win.<\/p>\n

The game began after former defenseman Mike Commodore, one of the heroes of the 2006 Cup champions, handled the warning siren. Commodore, in the bathrobe he made famous in \u201806, gave it a hard, determined crank.<\/p>\n

The Hurricanes took it from there.<\/p>\n

Again, the Cup will be in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

Bussi started Game 5 for the Carolina Hurricanes, of course.<\/p>\n

But before the game, that was still officially in doubt. Carolina coach Rod Brind\u2019Amour answered the question Thursday morning almost before it was finished.<\/p>\n

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No, he said, he had nothing to say about the Canes\u2019 lineup for Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final against the Vegas Golden Knights at Lenovo Center.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverybody\u2019s available,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

That theoretically meant goalie Frederik Andersen, who missed Game 4 in Las Vegas on Tuesday and was not at Thursday\u2019s morning skate. He did skate earlier Thursday morning, Brind\u2019Amour said.<\/p>\n

But he was not on the ice or on the bench for Game 5.<\/p>\n

Pyotr Kochetkov was the backup for Game 5, as he had been in Game 4. Andersen, 36, had started the first 16 games of the playoffs.<\/p>\n

And in another twist, the AHL transaction wire<\/a> on Thursday noted that another goalie is on his way to Raleigh: Carolina recalled Amir Miftakhov from Chicago. Miftakhov stepped in for the Wolves in Games 6 and 7 of their conference championship series when regular starter Cayden Primeau was unable to play. The Wolves won the series and start the Calder Cup Final on Friday.<\/p>\n

Brind\u2019Amour said again Thursday, as he has many times, that he leans on goaltender coach Paul Schonfelder in reaching a final decision on the starter and getting feedback on their play from practice. Brind\u2019Amour said a minute-long conversation with Schonfelder about Andersen on Tuesday resulted in Bussi being the starter.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe knows those guys. That\u2019s his job,\u201d Brind\u2019Amour said. \u201cPaulie, when it comes to the goaltending, is 100 percent the guy in charge. I would say our views always seem to line up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Carter Hart was again the Vegas starter. Hart had allowed four goals in each of the Stanley Cup Final games, and has not looked overly comfortable in net during a wild series. Through Game 5, Hart has an .861 save percentage in the series.<\/p>\n

One question posed to Hurricanes coach Brind\u2019Amour before Game 5, bringing a grin from the coach, is how Brind\u2019Amour in 2006 would have fared against Staal in 2026, center vs. center.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell \u2026\u201d Brind\u2019Amour said. \u201cI can tell you, and I forget the years, but I did line up against Jordan Staal in 2009 maybe, and that didn\u2019t go very well.<\/p>\n

\u201cI guess that answers that question. I\u2019ll leave it at that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Staal was with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2009, winning the Cup that year as the third center behind Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin. Brind\u2019Amour was nearing the end of his career.<\/p>\n

Vegas coach John Tortorella said he was watching Wednesday as the New York Knicks made their incredible comeback to beat the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA Finals.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted to go to bed but when it got down to 15, you knew something stupid was going to happen,\u201d he said Thursday. \u201cAnd I\u2019m just saying the same stupid stuff is happening in our series.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Cup Final has made for some tight games and stupid bounces. Staal scored the winner in Game 4 after he fell over his own feet, swatting at the puck. Shea Theodore\u2019s winner for Vegas in double overtime came after a bounce off the end boards that hit Bussi\u2019s left skate.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere have been a lot of emotional swings, exciting games, and tough games for a player with the ups and downs,\u201d Staal said Thursday.<\/p>\n

Read more Carolina Hurricanes tailgaters battle heat wave ahead of Game 5 of the Stanley Cup<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally published June 11, 2026 at 1:03 PM.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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