RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- The Stanley Cup Final between the Carolina Hurricanes and the Vegas Golden Knights looks even in a lot of ways, with very little margin for error.
After Tuesday night, the series is tied 2-2. The action resumes Thursday night for Game 5 in Raleigh.
All games begin at 8 p.m. and can be seen on ABC11.
Check back here for live updates throughout the best-of-seven championship series.
Andrei Svechnikov, who earlier in the day called Game 5 the biggest game of his life, scored on a one-timer to give the Hurricanes their first lead of the night, 2-1 against the Golden Knights.
His goal was the second of the series and came on a Canes power play at 11:58 of the second period.
Jordan Staal has done it again.
The team captain tapped in his sixth goal of the Stanley Cup Final in Game 5 on Thursday night to level the game at 1-1.
Nearly five minutes after the Golden Knights opened the scoring, Staal stuck one past Carter Hart. Nikolaj Ehlers and Seth Jarvis got assists.
Staal extended a goals streak that has put the 37-year-old center among some of the best players in NHL history.
A look at Staal's series:
6,202
Days between goals in the final from 2009 with Pittsburgh until Staal scored in Game 1, breaking brother Eric's record of 6,198 from '06 to '23.
2
Players in Hurricanes/Hartford Whalers franchise history to score a goal in the final at age 37 or older before Staal: 39-year-old Ron Francis in 2002 and 38-year-old Mark Recchi in '06.
1
Player older than Staal to score in each of the first two games of the final: Larry Robinson with Montreal in 1989.
0
Players older than Staal to score in each of the first three games of the final. Brad Marchand last year with Florida was the only one to do so after turning 37.
1992
Was the last time a player scored five-plus goals in the first four games of a final before Staal: Mario Lemieux when Pittsburgh went back to back.
1982
Was the last time a player scored in each of the first four games of the final before Staal: Mike Bossy when the New York Islanders won the third of four championships in a row. Only two others did before that: Minnesota's Steve Payne in 1981 and Boston's Johnny Buczyk in 1970.
1973
Was the last time a player scored in five consecutive games in the final before Staal: Yvan Cournoyer in 1973 with Montreal.
1956
Was the last time a player scored in the first five games of the final before Staal: Jean Beliveau in 1956 with Montreal. Canadiens teammate Maurice Richard in 1951 and Cyclone Taylor of the Vancouver Millionaires in 1918 are the only other players to score in Games 1-5.
- The Associated Press contributed
Pavel Dorofeyev opened the scoring on Thursday night, beating Brandon Bussi at 6:52 of the first period to give Vegas a 1-0 lead on the Canes.
Jack Eichel and Tomas Hertl assisted.
A Canes Watch Party is being held at Red Hat Amphitheater for the first time in the venue's history. Up to 6,000 fans can pack into the space to watch the game.
It comes as heat is bearing down on the Triangle.
"Our staff's prepared to look out for each other and for attendees as well. This is something we're used to doing every night for every concert throughout the summer," said Red Hat Spokesperson Kate Jansen.
There are cooling stations sprinkled around the property
People can also bring in water bottles and refill them at water stations.
Small handheld portable fans are allowed, and so are neck fans.
UNC Health's Dr. Christine Knettel said that fortunately, she hasn't seen a lot of heat-related illnesses come through UNC Rex Hospital's Emergency Room so far, but staffers are on alert because of all the watch parties.
"I do think that when people are in large crowds outdoors, they tend to (heat up) from the body heat alone, and then on top of that, lack of access to shade and maybe less frequent water breaks. I am a little worried about the numbers that could come in tonight," said Knettel.
