- Taylor Hall opened the scoring in Game 6, putting Carolina up 1-0 early
- Vegas coach John Tortorella’s stunned reaction on the bench went viral
- Read below for Hall’s playoff numbers and the goal that set it off
Taylor Hall opened the scoring for Carolina early in Game 6. On the other bench, John Tortorella looked like he had seen a ghost.
The cameras caught the Vegas coach the second Hall’s shot hit the back of the net:
Hall took a long feed from Jaccob Slavin and ripped a wrister past Carter Hart from the circle less than four minutes into the first period. It was his seventh goal of the postseason.
Watch Hall put the Hurricanes in front:
The goal kept rolling what has been the best playoff run of Hall’s career. The former Hart Trophy winner has seven goals and 19 points through 19 games this spring.
Hall landed in Carolina through last season’s first Mikko Rantanen trade. He had been buried on a bad Chicago team before the deal sent him east.
He has not been a star with the Hurricanes. He has been something the team needed more, a veteran who can still finish, slotting in alongside younger guys like Logan Stankoven and Jackson Blake.
Carolina has not won the Stanley Cup since 2006, and a roster that keeps closing in on the title is now one win away from changing that.
For a guy who looked finished in Chicago a year ago, Hall has turned into one of Carolina’s biggest reasons to believe.
