LAS VEGAS — Standing between the benches, with a perfect view of the carnage that had just unfolded, ESPN analyst Ray Ferraro summed up the scene brilliantly. 

“It looks like a Vegas team picture in the corner,” he said as the only other sound in T-Mobile Arena involved the hollers from Carolina’s jubilant bench.

In a desperate attempt to recover from a ghastly Shea Theodore gift to Seth Jarvis in the slot, four Vegas Golden Knights scurried to the corner to try recovering a puck Carter Hart had valiantly returned aside.

Seconds after the puck squirted loose, there lay Jordan Staal on his belly after chopping in an off-balance backhanded backbreaker for the winner that instantly became a double-fisted meme in the Carolinas. 

A goal for the ages, which John Tortorella insisted was the result of an uncharacteristic breakdown by his club.

“Frustrating part for me is they don't earn their winning goal,” lamented Tortorella when asked what he felt was the difference in a 5-3 loss to land the Stanley Cup Final exactly where it should be: tied.

“It's not so much the turnover — and Carter makes a great save — but just........

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