Marner Scores 3 in 6:10 as Canes Score Falls 5-4

Mitch Marner turned canes score into a 5-4 Vegas win, scoring three times in a 6:10 second-period span as the Golden Knights beat Carolina in double overtime in Game 3. The result gave Vegas a 2-1 lead in the best-of-7 Stanley Cup Final and sent the series back to Carolina with the margin now on the Golden Knights’ side.

Marner’s Second-Period Burst

Marner did the damage against Frederik Andersen, and he did it fast. His three goals came in 6:10 of the second period, and he also picked up an assist on a Tomas Hertl goal, giving him four points in one Stanley Cup Final period.

That stretch put his name over Maurice Richard in the record book. Richard had held the fastest three-goals-in-a-Final mark for 69 years after scoring three times in 6:21 in Game 1 of the 1957 Final against Boston.

Vegas Holds Off Carolina

Carolina answered late. The Hurricanes erased a 4-0 deficit with four third-period goals, three of them in 39 seconds, before Vegas survived in double overtime at T-Mobile Arena.

The win also pushed Marner to his 28th point of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, breaking Frank Mahovlich’s 55-year-old record for most points by a player in his first season with a franchise. The Golden Knights now carry a 2-1 series lead into Game 4 in Carolina on Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET.

For Vegas, the challenge is sharper after a game that swung from control to survival. For Carolina, the task is simpler: turn a comeback that fell one goal short into a result that changes the series before it slips further away.