RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- The Hurricanes have done it. They beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-2 in the best-of-seven Stanley Cup Final to win their first Stanley Cup championship since 2006
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Jackson Blake scored at 13:31 of the second periof and the Carolina Hurricanes are up 2-0 and less than 30 minutes away from a second Stanley Cup championship.
The 22-year-old Blake's goal seemed to take the wind out of sails at T-Mobile Arena.
Vegas is suddenly in deep trouble. And with Brandon Bussi playing inspired hockey in goal, Caniacs have to be feeling pretty good about now.
There's a long way to go, but the Carolina Hurricanes lead 1-0 after the first period of Game 6.
Taylor Hall has the only goal.
All the pressure is on the Golden Knights, playing in fromt of a nervous home crowd.
Brandon Bussi has been stellar in the first period.
Taylor Hall has the Hurricanes up in a hurry.
His blast from the left side past Carter Hart puts Carolina up 1-0 with less than 4 minutes gone in the first period.
Long way to go but the Canes have to be feeling pretty good.
The goal was Hall's seventh of the playoffs.
The narrative for the Hurricanes entering the playoffs was whether they would finally break through and win the Eastern Conference after coming so close in recent years.
Now the question is whether Carolina will close the deal and win the Stanley Cup.
That answer could come Sunday night when the Hurricanes take a 3-2 series lead into their game at Vegas, facing a Golden Knights team that held the Cup aloft just three years ago.
Should the Hurricanes prevail, it will be their second Cup and first since winning it all 20 years ago when current coach Rod Brind'Amour captained that club.
He has kept the Hurricanes competitive, but as well as they played in the regular season, they couldn't get out of the East. They lost in the conference final two of the past three years before finally breaking through this year with a five-game series victory over Montreal.
Now Carolina is 60 minutes from potentially winning it all, but the Hurricanes do have some margin for error. They can lose and still win the Cup on home ice Wednesday in a winner-take-all Game 7.
Vegas coach John Tortorella boldly pronounced after Thursday's 4-2 loss in Game 5 that he was leaving his clothes at his North Carolina team hotel in anticipation of a return trip.
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