RALEIGH, N.C. — For more than 50 minutes on Thursday night, the Carolina Hurricanes looked like a team running out of time. Now, they’ve turned the Stanley Cup Final into a best-of-five, rallying from a two-goal deficit and beating the Vegas Golden Knights 4-3 on an overtime goal by Seth Jarvis.Brettzky HowdenIt’s been a dream postseason for Howden, who surpassed his goal total from the entire regular season with his 12th and 13th goals of the playoffs on Thursday night. The leading goal scorer of the postseason had one of the biggest performances of his career in Game 2.First, he opened the scoring 13 minutes into the first period with a wrist shot that beat Frederik Andersen’s glove. Vegas winger Mitch Marner pitchforked the puck high out of his own zone, and Howden raced Hurricanes defender Sean Walker to the loose puck. The two engaged, and Howden tossed Walker to the ice, skated in alone and buried the shot. It was Marner’s league-leading 23rd point of the postseason.Howden made it 2-0 midway through the second period with another strong drive to the Carolina net. He caught a pass from Ivan Barbashev in the neutral zone with speed, muscled around Hurricanes defender Jaccob Slavin and tucked the puck between Andersen’s outstretched pad and the post.Howden leads all players with 13 goals this postseason, after scoring only 12 in 58 games during the regular season. He’s only the seventh player in NHL history to do that. The others were Claude Lemieux three times (1986 with Montreal, 1995 with New Jersey and 1997 with Colorado), Jaden Schwartz with St. Louis in 2019, Marian Gaborik with Los Angeles in 2014, Patrick Sharp with Chicago in 2013, Sergei Fedorov with Detroit in 1998 and John Druce with Washington in 1990. — GrangerMcNabb injuredBrayden McNabb was limited to just seven shifts totaling 5:39 of ice time before exiting the game with a scary-looking injury.The Golden Knights defenseman was struck in the face by a Nikolaj Ehlers one-timer during the first period, immediately falling to his knees after the puck made contact with his visor. McNabb skated off under his own power and didn’t return to the game.While there was no official word on his condition from the team, ESPN reported on its broadcast that McNabb was taken to the hospital for observation.McNabb typically skates alongside Shea Theodore on the Golden Knights’ top defense pairing. Jeremy Lauzon and Dylan Coghlan each took shifts in his place with the team down to five healthy defenseman for almost 50 minutes.If McNabb isn’t able to return for Game 3 on Saturday night, Kaedan Korczak or Ben Hutton would be most likely to draw into the lineup. — JohnstonThis story will be updated.Jun 5, 2026Connections: Sports EditionSpot the pattern. Connect the termsFind the hidden link between sports terms