From The Sports Desk: Carolina claims Game 4 in back-and-forth Stanley Cup Final

NHLFrom The Sports Desk: Carolina claims Game 4 in back-and-forth Stanley Cup FinalJordan Staal scored the go-ahead goal, as the Hurricanes beat the Vegas Golden Knights 5-3 and even the series 2-2. Plus, today’s World Cup spotlight is Uruguay’s Federico Valverde.Listen to this article with a free account00:0000:00Jordan Staal of the Carolina Hurricanes scores a goal Tuesday against Colton Sissons of the Vegas Golden Knights in the third period of game four of the Stanley Cup Finals. Ethan Miller / Getty ImagesShareAdd NBC News to GoogleJune 10, 2026, 3:00 PM EDTBy Andrew Greif and Rohan NadkarniForget trying to predict the Stanley Cup Final. The Carolina-Vegas series seems to be changing on a period-to-period basis. The Hurricanes beat the Golden Knights last night to even the series, 2-2, and our Andrew Greif breaks it all down below.Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.Also, tonight is Game 4 of the NBA Finals at Madison Square Garden. We’ll have two correspondents on the ground and a live blog running all night, so come follow along.If that weren’t enough, the World Cup starts tomorrow! Heads up: We’ll be live-blogging essentially every day, giving you real-time analysis of all the games. Maybe it’d be easier if you just bookmarked the NBC News sports homepage. Stanley Cup FinalFour games into what has been a chaotic, unpredictable Stanley Cup Final, the only consistent takeaway is that no lead is safe.For a fourth consecutive game, a two-goal lead disappeared after Carolina took a 2-0 edge, only for Las Vegas to roar back and eventually tie the score at 3-3. But this series is now tied 2-2 after the Hurricanes regained their composure to score the final two goals — the go-ahead one by Jordan Staal as he was splayed out onto his stomach — and win 5-3.This matchup has been so wild that every game seems to send sportswriters searching through the record books for precedent. Here was yesterday’s: Staal...