Carolina’s Cup Tightrope Gets Wobbly With Game 4 Looming

Carolina is down in the Stanley Cup Final, and the pressure now shifts from the scoreboard to the coach’s next move. The Hurricanes have reached the point every team dreads - where one decision can calm a room or set off a month’s worth of second-guessing. Vegas has already forced Carolina into the part of the series where every shift gets magnified and every lineup choice looks smarter or dumber in hindsight.