LAS VEGAS, June 8 -- The hardest decision Rod Brind'Amour has faced all postseason will not be resolved until Monday afternoon. Whether Frederik Andersen or Brandon Bussi starts Tuesday's Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final against the Vegas Golden Knights is a question the Carolina Hurricanes coach declined to answer on Sunday, saying only that he would wait until after practice to settle the lineup.

What happened in the third period of Saturday's 5-4 double-overtime loss may have made that question impossible to dodge. Bussi, 27, had not played a single minute in the playoffs before Brind'Amour sent him out to start the third period with his team trailing 4-0. What followed was the kind of performance that rewrites a series: 18 saves, incl...