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The Carolina Hurricanes got off to a fast start in their first Stanley Cup Final game in 20 years.<\/p>\n

Read more Golden Knights beat Hurricanes 5-4 to open Stanley Cup Final<\/a><\/p>\n

Nikolaj Ehlers got loose on a rush on the left side and blasted a puck past Vegas Golden Knights goalie Carter Hart on the game’s first shot, just 25 seconds in. <\/p>\n

Ehlers’ first score marked the fastest Game 1 goal in a Cup final since Philadelphia’s Reggie Leach scored 21 seconds into the 1976 opener against Montreal.<\/p>\n

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NIKOLAJ EHLERS NETS THE FIRST GOAL OF THE #STANLEYCUP FINAL \ud83e\udd2f<\/p>\n

He opens the scoring for the @Canes just 25 SECONDS into the game! \ud83c\udf2a\ufe0f<\/p>\n

\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8: ABC
\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6: @Sportsnet & @TVASports pic.twitter.com\/qvrDvV46ea<\/p>\n

\u2014 NHL (@NHL) June 3, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n

\u201cThe building was already buzzing, but that for sure was pretty cool,\u201d Ehlers said during an intermission interview on the ABC broadcast. “That was special. That definitely gave the arena a little more juice.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ehlers’ goal was the third-fastest in any Game 1 of a Stanley Cup Final, while the Hurricanes nearly added a second with defenseman Jaccob Slavin banging the crossbar roughly a minute after Ehlers’ score sent a charged home crowd into an eruption.<\/p>\n

Ehlers followed by getting loose on a breakaway off a feed from Jalen Chatfield and beating Hart again at the 12:08 mark to make it 2-0. But Vegas’ Shea Theodore got one back by firing the puck through traffic to beat Frederik Andersen at 13:28 of the first, then Ivan Barbashev beat Andersen from the slot 30 seconds into the second period to tie it at 2-all.<\/p>\n

Read more Watch how Angels Jo Adell misplays flyball into home run off his head, much like Canseco in 1993<\/a><\/p>\n

Tuesday’s game brought together a Vegas team chasing a second championship in four seasons and a Carolina team playing for the Cup for the first time since coach Rod Brind\u2019Amour captained the Hurricanes to the 2006 title.<\/p>\n

The Hurricanes rolled\u00a0through the Eastern Conference playoffs, while the Golden Knights picked up speed with each round before pulling off a\u00a0shocking sweep\u00a0of the Presidents’ Trophy-winning Colorado Avalanche.<\/p>\n

The Hurricanes went 12-1 through three rounds to get here, sweeping through Ottawa and Philadelphia before taking the last four games of a five-game win against Montreal in the Eastern Conference Final. That made the Hurricanes the first team since 1983 to reach the Stanley Cup Final with one loss, and the first since the NHL went to best-of-seven series in all four rounds in 1987.<\/p>\n

The Golden Knights \u2014 who surged\u00a0after a late-season coaching change by firing Bruce Cassidy to hire John Tortorella\u00a0\u2014 pushed past Utah and Anaheim in a pair of six-game series, and have won six straight games entering Tuesday’s Game 1 against Carolina after beating the Avs.<\/p>\n

Defense has been the standout feature\u00a0for both teams. Carolina has allowed two or fewer goals in 12 of 13 playoff games, including a shutout win in all three Eastern playoff rounds. Vegas allowed just seven goals in the sweep of the Avalanche, who led the league in regular-season scoring (3.63 goals per game) behind high-end skill like Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar and Martin Necas.<\/p>\n

Vegas took both regular-season meetings with Carolina, first\u00a0with a 4-1 home win\u00a0on Oct. 20. Eight days later, Jack Eichel scored twice in the last 4:59\u00a0for a 6-3 win\u00a0that included Carolina having multiple injuries that had them down to four defensemen for a significant stretch of the night.<\/p>\n

Read more Graham Platner and his wife address reports he sent sexually explicit texts to women<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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