Carolina Hurricane center Jordan Staal (right) celebrates his first period goal against the Vegas Golden Knights in game 4 of the Stanley Cup Finals at T Mobile Center in Las Vegas on Tue Jun 9, 2026 (AP News photo)

NHL Finals podcast Ryan Hannagan:

#1 The Carolina Hurricanes Jordan Staal scored his second goal of game four at 6:32 that helped put away the Vegas Golden Knights in the third period at the T Mobile Center in Las Vegas tying the series up at 2-2.

#2 Next up is Game 5 in Carolina and that could very well give the Hurricane two games on home ice. If the Canes were to win it would be their first Cup in 20 years. If the Knights were to win it would be their second in four years.

#3 Of the four games this was the first game that was not decided by one goal. In the four games the two goal lead was erased.

#4 This is a series that has had incredible momentum with the Canes winning in Vegas going into game five at home this series could very well fall into their favor.

#5 Lots of goals in this series the 33 goals in the first four games of the series is third for the most goals in a NHL Finals.

Ryan Hannagan is an NHL analyst at http://www.sportsradioservice.com