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Aaron Beard

Knights strike late gold in Stanley Cup Final opener

Tomas Hertl scored from the slot with 3:24 left in the third period, lifting the Vegas Golden Knights past the Carolina Hurricanes 5-4 in the Stanley Cup Final opener.

Hertl's finish off Colton Sisson's feed from the right face-off circle broke a 4-4 tie and pushed the Golden Knights ahead in an entertaining back-and-forth start on the sport's biggest stage on Tuesday night (Wednesday AEST) in Raleigh, North Carolina.

It marked a seventh straight Vegas win of the playoffs, including the four-game sweep of the Presidents' Trophy-winning Colorado Avalanche.

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