The Vegas Golden Knights Beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5-4 in Double Overtime to Take a 2-1 Lead in the Stanley Cup Final
Mitch Marner scored three goals in 6:10, and Shea Theodore finished it after Carolina erased a 4-0 deficit.
- On Saturday, the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Carolina Hurricanes 5-4 in double-overtime in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final at T-Mobile Arena, with Shea Theodore scoring the game-winner after his shot bounced off the back wall and past goaltender Brandon Bussi.
- Mitch Marner sparked the Golden Knights with a natural hat trick in six minutes and 10 seconds during the second period, the fastest in Stanley Cup Final history, building a 4-0 lead with 4 points in the period.
- Carolina scored three times in 39 seconds late in the third period—the fastest by a team in the final—as Jordan Martinook, Taylor Hall and Jordan Staal scored, before Andrei Svechnikov tied the game on a power-play goal with under two minutes left.
- Defenseman Brayden McNabb played 35 minutes and 47 seconds across 49 shifts just two days after taking an 87.3 mph shot to the face in Game 2, leading Vegas skaters in first-period ice time and recording his seventh playoff assist.
- Game 4 is scheduled for Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET as Vegas holds a 2-1 series lead; the matchup has produced 28 combined goals through three games, the most since the New York Islanders and Minnesota North Stars scored 30 in 1981.
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Mitch Marner (hat trick), Knights hold off Canes in 2OT for series lead
LAS VEGAS — Shea Theodore scored at 5:38 of the second overtime and Mitch Marner recorded the fastest hat trick in Stanley Cup history in the second period as the Vegas Golden Knights recovered from blowing a 4-0 third-period lead to edge the Carolina Hurricanes in a wild 5-4 victory in Game 3 on Saturday night. The post Mitch Marner (hat trick), Knights hold off Canes in 2OT for series lead appeared first on West Hawaii Today.
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