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.

Jarvis stated, when asked about securing the first win at this stage in 20 years, plus carrying the momentum heading to Vegas, “Yeah, it’s big. You never want to lose two at home. To get that one is really big for the group. As you said, it carries us into Vegas and keeps it going.”

After stating the other day how he’s imagined scoring a Stanley Cup Final goal 3,000 times in his head, this one meant something to him being able to do it in real life. Instead of heading to Vegas down 2-0, the Hurricanes have evened the series and will carry that momentum into Game 3 on Saturday (June 6).

Rod Brind’Amour

Brind’Amour, ahead of Game 2 following morning skate, stated how the team needed to make plays, especially in pressure games. While it wasn’t their best for over 50 minutes, the Hurricanes were able to score three goals in under six minutes to take the lead and ultimately win in overtime.

Following the win, Brind’Amour stated, when asked about his team sticking to their game, even when not getting the best looks, and getting the win in the end. “It was huge. It was very similar to the last two series. It’s almost playing out the same way; it’s uncanny. But you get a new shot of life. That’s what it feels like. That’s what we definitely needed. I’m happy for the guys, and proud of them because they just kept coming. That’s what we have to do.”

After the huge win, now the series is all square, and the focus is on Game 3 this Saturday in Las Vegas. Following the split at home for Games 1 and 2, the Hurricanes will be looking to take at least one on the road to make up for Game 1. If they can do that, it’ll make things interesting when returning for Game 5 next Thursday (June 11). For now, it’s 1-1, and we have a thrilling series in the Stanley Cup Final.