Shea Theodore scored at 5:38 of the second overtime period Saturday night, giving the Vegas Golden Knights a 5-4 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
The win puts Vegas ahead 2-1 in the Stanley Cup Final.
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The game-winning goal deflected off the skate of Hurricanes goaltender Brandon Bussi. It prevented a Vegas collapse after the team surrendered a four-goal lead during regulation.
The victory ends Carolina's perfect 6-0 overtime record this postseason.
Historically, teams with a 2-1 series lead in the championship round have won the Stanley Cup 80.7% of the time (46 of 57 instances).
Vegas dominated the second period with four goals.
Mitch Marner recorded the fastest natural hat trick in Stanley Cup Final history, scoring three goals in 6:10.
He also assisted on a Tomas Hertl goal, finishing the frame with four points, matching a single-period record set by Frank Foyston in 1919.
Carolina mounted a comeback in the third period after replacing starting goaltender Frederik Andersen, who allowed four goals on 16 shots, with Bussi, who stopped 18 consecutive shots.
Jordan Martinook, Taylor Hall, and Jordan Staal scored three goals in 39 seconds, setting a record for the fastest three goals by one team in a Final game.
Andrei Svechnikov tied the game on a six-on-four power play with 1:42 left in regulation, forcing overtime.
Vegas forward William Carrier remained sidelined with an upper-body injury.
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