RALEIGH, N.C. () — The Carolina Hurricanes got off to a fast start in their first Stanley Cup Final game in 20 years, though the Vegas Golden Knights regrouped to level the score.

Nikolaj Ehlers got loose on a rush on the left side and blasted a puck past Carter Hart on the game’s first shot, just 25 seconds in. He followed by getting loose on a breakaway off a feed from Jalen Chatfield and beating Hart again at the 12:08 mark to make it 2-0. But Vegas’ Shea Theodore got one back by firing the puck through traffic to beat Frederik Andersen at 13:28 of the first, then Ivan Barbashev beat Andersen from the slot 30 seconds into the second period to tie it at 2-all.

Ehlers’ first score marked the fastest Game 1 goal in a Cup final since Philadelphia’s Reggie Leach scored 21 seconds into the 1976 opener against Montreal.

“The building was already buzzing, but that for sure was pretty cool,” Ehlers said during an intermission interview on the ABC broadcast. “That was special. That definitely gave the arena a little more juice.”

Ehlers’ goal was the third-fastest in any Game 1 of a Stanley Cup Final, while the Hurricanes nearly added a second with defenseman Jaccob Slavin banging the crossbar roughly a minute after Ehlers’ score sent a charged home crowd into an eruption.

Tuesday’s game brought together a Vegas team chasing a second championship in four seasons and a Carolina team playing for the Cup for the first time since coach Rod Brind’Amour ctained the Hurricanes to the 2006 title.

The Hurricanes went 12-1 through three rounds to get here, sweeping through Ottawa and Philadelphia before taking the last four games of a five-game win against Montreal in the Eastern Conference Final. That made the Hurricanes the first team since 1983 to reach the Stanley Cup Final with one loss, and the first since the NHL went to best-of-seven series in all four rounds in 1987.

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MUSCATINE, Iowa () — Authorities in Iowa are investigating the fatal shootings of six people who they believe were killed by a relative who took his own life when confronted by police Monday.

Four people were found fatally shot when police were called Monday to a home in Muscatine, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) southeast of Cedar Rids, Muscatine Police Chief Anthony Kies said during a news conference.

Officers later found the suspect, 52-year-old Ryan Willis McFarland, of Muscatine, on a trail in the city, Kies said.

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“While talking to Ryan Willis McFarland, he took his own life,” the police chief said.

Two other men who also are believed to be relatives of McFarland were later found fatally shot elsewhere in the city, according to Kies. One man was found in his home and the other was discovered dead inside a business, he said.

Authorities have yet to release the names of the victims and any details about them.

“Today I simply do not have the words, this act of evil and what it has done to our community,” Kies said.

The city’s police department is continuing to investigate the shootings, working to process the crime scenes and conduct interviews. Police have asked anyone with information to contact its major crimes unit.

Kies confirmed that McFarland had a criminal record, but wouldn’t share any details.

U.S. futures also fell.

Jan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 slipped 0.3% to finish at 66,734.24. South Korea’s Kospi dipped 0.2% to 8,772.08.

The Hang Seng gained 2.2% to 25,956.72, while the Shanghai Composite rose 0.4% to 4,075.34.

Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 shed less than 0.1% to 8,724.40.

The S&P 500 added 0.3% to close at 7,599.96 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.1% to 51,078.88. The Nasdaq composite climbed 0.4% to 27,086.81.

In the bond market, the yield for the 10-year Treasury briefly proached 4.52% before regressing to 4.46%, up from 4.45% late Friday.

U.S. companies with big fuel bills were hurt by rising oil prices. United Airlines lost 2.6%, and Alaska Air Group fell 3.3% after the price for a barrel of Brent crude oil climbed in overnight trading.

In Asian trading Tuesday, benchmark U.S. crude lost 94 cents to $91.22 a barrel. Brent crude, the international standard, slipped 90 cents to $94.08 a barrel. The levels are still well above the roughly $70 level they were at before the war.

Much hinges on whether the United States and Iran will reach an agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, allowing deliveries of oil to resume from the Persian Gulf and easing the upward pressure on inflation.

Jan, for instance, imports almost all its oil, although the effects on prices of gas and other products have been relatively contained by the release of the nation’s reserves so far.

“Crude shortages have already forced refiners across Asia and Europe to aggressively reduce runs,” said analyst Stephen Innes. “The result is that the squeeze is no longer confined to crude inventories. It is spreading into the fuels that actually power economies: gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, LPG, and nhtha.”

In currency trading, the U.S. dollar rose to 159.72 Janese yen from 159.66 yen. The euro cost $1.1654, up from $1.1631.

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Business Writer Stan Choe contributed.

LOS ANGELES () — California spiraled toward a primary election Tuesday with its two marquee races defined by uncertainty and a pair of outsider candidates looking to crack open the state’s durable Democratic hierarchy.

“We can’t give up on LA,” Pratt told plauding supporters at a block party Sunday. “We’ve got to fight.”

Democrats once feared that the party’s large field of gubernatorial candidates could open a path for two Republicans to advance to November. But in the campaign’s closing days, Hilton warned the opposite could hpen — what he called a “doomsday scenario” in which only Democrats advance.