Ehlers Cashes In With The Empty-Net Clincher

The game was already tilting Carolina’s way, but this goal gave the finish the final stamp. NHL.com’s ASL cast clips the moment Ehlers sealed it into the vacant cage, the kind of late score that looks simple and feels inevitable only after the horn. It is the sort of insurance marker that turns a tense ending into a victory lap. Once the goalie is pulled, somebody always gets the cleanup work, and Ehlers handled his part.