Brayden McNabb knocked out of Stanley Cup Final Game 2 after taking a puck to the face
Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Brayden McNabb took a puck to the face that knocked him out of Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final on Thursday night. A slap shot from Carolina’s Nikolaj Ehlers hit McNabb square in the face just past the midway point of the first period. McNabb dropped his stick, went down to the ice and grabbed his nose as he skated immediately off and down the tunnel.
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The Carolina Hurricanes looked a step behind, down two goals and chasing a tested team filled with Stanley Cup winners from three years ago. “Somebody had to step up and make a play,” coach Rod Brind’Amour said simply. A shocking third-period comeback changed everything, both in getting the Hurricanes back in the Stanley Cup Final and setting the stage for Jarvis and that power-play unit to get a needed breakthrough moment.
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Jarvis' OT goal gives the Hurricanes a stunning comeback in the Stanley Cup Final
The time was coming, the Carolina Hurricanes kept insisting, when their top-line guys and the power play would make big plays. Just in time, too, to keep the Hurricanes in their Stanley Cup Final series against the Vegas Golden Knights. Seth Jarvis blasted a one-timer past Carter Hart on the power play at the 3:56 mark of overtime — a breakthrough moment for Jarvis and a unit that had sputtered throughout the playoffs — to lift the Hurricanes past the Vegas Golden Knights 4-3 on Thursday night.
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