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LAS VEGAS (AP) \u2014 Carolina spent the first part of the Stanley Cup Final surviving, finding ways to overcome deficits and play a high-scoring game that didn\u2019t fit the Hurricanes\u2019 typical style.<\/p>

Read more Carolina Hurricanes blank Vegas Golden Knights in Game 6 to win their second Stanley Cup<\/a><\/p>\n

But when it came down to doing what it takes to win the Cup, the Hurricanes\u2019 defense put its stamp on this series, shutting down the Vegas Golden Knights and not letting up.<\/p>\n

The Hurricanes held Vegas to five total goals in Games 4 and 5 and used a suffocating defense in a 3-0 shutout in Sunday night\u2019s clinching Game 6 to win their first championship in 20 years.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s a lot of years,\u201d said Carolina center Jordan Staal, who received the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP. \u201cIt\u2019s amazing. This is something I\u2019ve been going after ever since we got the first one. You want to win it again and again and again. What a feeling, what a battle. The boys were grinding today, my goodness. So many individual efforts just to keep the puck out of our net. It was an amazing ride. I\u2019m just so proud of these guys.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Brandon Bussi, who entrance late into Game 3 helped turn around the series for Carolina, recorded his first career playoff shutout in stopping 22 shots. Jackson Blake had a goal and assist, and Taylor Hall scored just 3:47 into the game to set the tone. Nikolaj Ehlers added an empty-net goal.<\/p>\n

\u201cYour mind wanders the last couple of days and wonder what it may be like out here (on ice after winning) and it\u2019s better than I could have expected,\u201d Hall said. \u201cMy career has taken a lot of different turns, but to end up here with this group of guys and to do this is amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n