VGK eliminated as Canes hoist first Cup in two decades

The Golden Knights were shutout by the Canes 3-0 Sunday night at the Fortress, ending the Stanley Cup Final series.  Carolina wins the best of seven series on VGK's home ice 4-2.  Brandon Bussi stopped all 22 shots he faced.  The Golden Knights offense was stifled by the Canes as VGK went 18:37 between shots in the second to third periods.  Taylor Hall started the scoring early as he got behind the VGK defense and beat Carter Hart. Jackson Blake scored the second Canes goal and a third period Nick Ehlers empty netter sealed the win for Carolina.  The Canes won the last three games of the series.  Jordan Staal was the Conn Smythe winner for the series.  He scored goals in each of the first five games and dominated in the faceoff circle winning a Cup Final record 68% of his draws.  VGK had scoring chances in the sixth game.  Tomas Hertl had a couple of high-dangers and Jack Eichel rang another crossbar.  We talk about whether John Tortorella was outcoached in the series.  And the Hanifin-Anderrson pairing needs to be retooled defensively. FANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN)   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.