Elliotte Friedman

But he leaves the game in the first period, Vegas down to five defense, and it was looking very much like one of the all-time great defensive clinics possible.

by Vegas on the road, no less, really, up until Logan Stankhoven, an incredible individual effort to...

Get the first goal to change the feeling in the building and ultimately, you know, flip this game on its head.

Well, I thought that we know Rod Brindamore loves to stick with his lines.

He continues to trust the game plan, but he did make some changes.

And I felt that helped spark Carolina a little bit.

Seth Jarvis alluded to as much in the postgame.

And I don't know.

I mean, maybe this is a little one here, but I'm looking at, you know, Stankoven just before his goal, he actually gets waved out of the faceoff.

And does that set him up?

in the end, in a better position to go track down Rasmus Andersen behind the net to then win the battle, to then get the puck back, and that leads to the first goal for the Hurricanes.

Those are two that come to mind for me.

Yeah, well, you know, Elliot, my bad because I clearly wasn't looking up at the video board during that commercial break when they had the tarps off, call to action.

But I will say as that third period went on, suddenly they're cutting to fan shots during stoppages and I'm seeing more and more people with their shirts off.

And clearly I didn't put two and two together.

I thought it was a big coincidence.

But yes, yes.

Great point by you.

That was a key moment in this comeback for Carolina.

It was cold in there and really throughout the whole day.