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The Golden Knights and Hurricanes delivered a playoff thriller that swung wildly in four straight goals by each side before a double-overtime decider settled Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final. The article assigns grades to the performances and tackles the key questions left hanging after such a chaotic contest, what went wrong defensively, which goaltender cracked under pressure, and whether either team's momentum has shifted. The back-and-forth nature of the game left plenty of tactical puzzles for both coaching staffs to solve heading into Game 4.