Hurricanes’ Aho, Jarvis & Brind’Amour After 4-3 Overtime Win

For the first time since 2006, the Carolina Hurricanes won a Stanley Cup Final game. They defeated the Vegas Golden Knights, 4-3 in overtime, to even the series at 1-1. They’ll head back to Las Vegas with some momentum after coming back from 2-0 down with less than 10 minutes left in the game. Here is what Sebastian Aho, Seth Jarvis, and Rod Brind’Amour said postgame following the electric win on Thursday night (June 4).

Sebastian Aho

The Hurricanes were in the game for over 50 minutes but couldn’t get much in the way of goals. They kept pushing until they were finally able to get one past Carter Hart, thanks to Logan Stankoven’s 10th goal of the playoffs. From there, they scored three unanswered to take their first lead of the game. The Golden Knights tied it with 1:21 left in the game. However, the Hurricanes closed out the comeback win in overtime.

When asked about the team battling back all night and coming up with the win to even the series, Aho stated, “It was a big win, a big win for us, and obviously the way it came. The first period I thought we played a solid period; obviously it was not the result we wanted. Kept pushing. I thought the bench was good. It was alive; I also felt like there’s trust. A couple of great plays, Stanky [Logan Stankoven] individual effort to get us going. Just kept pushing. Just a good place there to win the game. It’s a big one, but that’s just one. Now we flush this and move on.”

Aho mentioned on Wednesday, June 3, during their off-day media availability, how the power play needed to execute and come out on the right side of things. In the end, the Hurricanes scored two, with the last one coming in overtime as the game-winner.

Seth Jarvis

After missing a close power-play goal in Game 1, Jarvis made up for it with a huge game-winning goal in overtime on the man-advantage. It was his first Stanley Cup Final goal, and his fourth of the playoffs. What a way to make a memory of scoring your first goal on the biggest stage in the NHL.

Questions surrounded Jarvis and the first line, along with the power play, all playoffs. With his game-winner to even the series at 1-1, that should put some of the doubt to rest. Also, his goal, as mentioned already, gave the Hurricanes their first Cup Final win since the head coach was captain in 2006.