Carolina’s Road-Game Run Ends With the Cup on the Line

Carolina keeps finding ways to win away from home, and that kind of road touch usually means somebody in the room has figured out how to carry a playoff series. The Hurricanes have lived in the tense, one-mistake margins that make coaches grind their teeth and scouts start nodding. Vegas knows this is the kind of game where the first ugly bounce can tilt everything, because the pressure in a Cup Final doesn’t care about resume or reputation.