NHL Final Stays Dead Even as Pressure Mounts

The Final keeps refusing to give either side an inch, and that is exactly the kind of series that turns every shift into a referendum on nerve. Both benches know the margin has vanished, which means one bad read or one lucky bounce can suddenly tilt the whole thing. In a Cup Final this tight, the small stuff usually decides who gets to breathe easier and who spends the summer wondering what slipped away.