Golden Knights vs. Hurricanes (Jun 4, 2026)

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Hurricanes CAR

0-1

8-2-0 in Last 10

Preview

Golden Knights

Hurricanes

Notes

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Odds

VGK

CAR

+135

Open

-165

Open

+135

-160

o5.0

-275

u5.0

+200

+1.5

-185

-1.5

+150

Forward Matchup

M. Marner

VGK RW #93

T. Hall

CAR LW #71

Goals

Points

Shots on Goal

Defenseman Matchup

S. Theodore

VGK D #27

K. Miller

CAR D #19

Points

Blocks

Hits

Goalie Matchup

C. Hart

VGK G #79

F. Andersen

CAR G #31

Wins

.919

Save Pct

.920

2.33

Goals Against Avg

1.65

VGK

Team Stats

CAR

3.22

Goals per Game

3.55

2.95

Goals Against per Game

2.88

29.01

Shots per Game

32.18

24.39

Shots Against per Game

23.93

24.5

Power Play Pct

24.9

81.4

Penalty Kill Pct

80.5

.879

Save Pct

.880

2025-26 Pacific Division

VGKCAR

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Golden Knights - y	39	26	17	95	15
Oilers - x	41	30	11	93	13
Ducks - x	43	33	6	92	-15
Kings - x	35	27	20	90	-22
Sharks - e	39	35	8	86	-41
Kraken - e	34	37	11	79	-37
Flames - e	34	39	9	77	-47
Canucks - e	25	49	8	58	-100

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes - z	53	22	7	113	56
Penguins - x	41	25	16	98	25
Flyers - x	43	27	12	98	7
Capitals - e	43	30	9	95	19
Blue Jackets - e	40	30	12	92	0
Islanders - e	43	34	5	91	-8
Devils - e	42	37	3	87	-24
Rangers - e	34	39	9	77	-12

VGK

Last 5

CAR

Tue, Jun 2

Tue, Jun 2

Tue, May 26

Fri, May 29

Sun, May 24

Wed, May 27

Fri, May 22

Mon, May 25

Wed, May 20

Sat, May 23

Game Info

June 4, 2026

ABC/ESPN

Lenovo Center

Raleigh, North Carolina

Team Leaders

B. Howden

J. Eichel

GWG

B. Howden

SV%

.919

C. Hart

Season

Career vs CAR

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Mitch Marner M. Marner	17	7	15	22	+12	6	2	5	0	4	2	0	40	17.5	23	55	41.8	11	10	11	23	21:14
Jack Eichel J. Eichel	17	2	17	19	+6	12	0	6	0	0	0	0	45	4.4	147	299	49.2	13	16	5	19	22:08
Brett Howden B. Howden	17	11	3	14	+10	6	0	0	3	0	3	1	30	36.7	48	79	60.8	49	4	0	10	16:39
Shea Theodore S. Theodore	17	5	9	14	+10	6	1	2	0	0	1	1	33	15.2	0	0	0	3	48	6	31	25:20
Pavel Dorofeyev P. Dorofeyev	17	10	4	14	+4	0	4	1	0	0	1	1	45	22.2	0	0	0	4	7	8	8	16:50
Ivan Barbashev I. Barbashev	17	6	7	13	+4	8	0	0	0	0	2	0	27	22.2	5	10	50.0	91	9	8	21	17:20
Tomas Hertl T. Hertl	17	4	6	10	-1	2	0	6	0	0	2	0	29	13.8	80	134	59.7	33	5	4	8	13:07
Mark Stone M. Stone	12	5	5	10	0	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	23	21.7	0	1	0.0	21	4	3	16	18:37
Brayden McNabb B. McNabb	16	1	6	7	+10	19	0	0	1	0	0	0	18	5.6	0	0	0	33	33	5	24	20:53
Colton Sissons C. Sissons	17	2	5	7	+4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	16	12.5	50	72	69.4	48	19	3	8	13:43
Cole Smith C. Smith	17	3	3	6	+4	22	0	0	0	0	1	0	11	27.3	0	2	0.0	73	8	2	8	11:39
Noah Hanifin N. Hanifin	17	0	6	6	+3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	0.0	0	0	0	16	34	13	29	23:43
William Karlsson W. Karlsson	11	2	4	6	+6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	11.1	91	172	52.9	3	10	1	9	17:12
Rasmus Andersson R. Andersson	17	0	5	5	+5	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	0.0	0	0	0	6	26	1	12	23:35
Nic Dowd N. Dowd	17	3	1	4	-2	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	20	15.0	104	203	51.2	41	15	6	11	13:25
Kaedan Korczak K. Korczak	12	0	3	3	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0	0	23	9	2	11	11:55
Dylan Coghlan D. Coghlan	9	1	2	3	+6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	9.1	0	0	0	8	9	3	6	14:21
Brandon Saad B. Saad	5	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	0	0	0	3	0	1	1	8:41
Reilly Smith R. Smith	6	0	2	2	-3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0.0	0	1	0.0	5	1	0	6	13:00
Ben Hutton B. Hutton	7	0	1	1	+1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0.0	0	0	0	2	7	0	7	13:16
Keegan Kolesar K. Kolesar	17	1	0	1	-1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	9.1	3	8	37.5	72	10	1	10	10:14
Jeremy Lauzon J. Lauzon	7	0	0	0	-2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	0	0	0	16	10	0	5	16:07

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Carter Hart C. Hart	17	17	13	4	0	505	464	.919	41	2.33	0	1058

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Mitch Marner M. Marner	22	8	16	24	+3	4	1	3	0	3	1	46	17.4	4	12	33.3	7	11	21	30	19:12
Jack Eichel J. Eichel	20	13	7	20	-4	0	0	3	0	3	1	83	15.7	136	310	43.9	20	12	16	20	20:28
Tomas Hertl T. Hertl	22	9	11	20	+2	6	2	3	0	2	0	43	20.9	158	314	50.3	21	23	12	9	17:55
Reilly Smith R. Smith	29	8	7	15	+6	10	1	0	0	1	0	52	15.4	0	1	0.0	31	14	16	26	16:41
Shea Theodore S. Theodore	15	5	7	12	+7	6	2	2	0	0	0	35	14.3	0	0	0	4	25	11	16	22:28
Brandon Saad B. Saad	25	6	5	11	-8	0	0	0	0	3	1	61	9.8	7	15	46.7	13	11	16	8	16:54
Mark Stone M. Stone	19	6	5	11	-4	2	0	1	0	1	1	23	26.1	3	9	33.3	20	17	27	21	18:47
Nic Dowd N. Dowd	24	5	5	10	+3	43	0	0	0	1	0	20	25.0	161	329	48.9	56	26	8	16	13:26
Ivan Barbashev I. Barbashev	17	3	7	10	+1	2	1	0	0	0	0	17	17.6	21	51	41.2	24	9	4	6	15:19
Brett Howden B. Howden	15	4	3	7	-3	4	0	0	0	0	0	16	25.0	43	102	42.2	21	13	4	7	13:44
William Karlsson W. Karlsson	21	1	5	6	-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	45	2.2	119	257	46.3	8	14	14	8	16:01
Colton Sissons C. Sissons	24	2	4	6	+1	4	0	1	1	0	0	20	10.0	145	282	51.4	42	19	10	10	14:46
Rasmus Andersson R. Andersson	13	1	5	6	-6	12	0	1	0	0	0	16	6.3	0	0	0	7	22	2	16	22:44
Brayden McNabb B. McNabb	22	0	5	5	+11	11	0	0	0	0	0	13	0.0	0	0	0	53	42	10	12	19:08
Pavel Dorofeyev P. Dorofeyev	5	3	1	4	-1	4	1	1	0	1	0	20	15.0	0	0	0	1	3	1	2	16:14
Noah Hanifin N. Hanifin	11	2	1	3	-7	6	0	1	0	1	0	19	10.5	0	0	0	15	16	12	11	21:29
Ben Hutton B. Hutton	14	2	1	3	+4	2	0	0	0	0	0	14	14.3	0	0	0	11	15	5	10	17:12
Keegan Kolesar K. Kolesar	9	0	2	2	-1	4	0	0	0	0	0	8	0.0	4	5	80.0	30	7	4	3	12:46
Alexander Holtz A. Holtz	8	0	2	2	-1	0	0	1	0	0	0	12	0.0	0	0	0	7	5	1	5	11:55
Jeremy Lauzon J. Lauzon	9	1	0	1	+1	8	0	0	0	0	0	11	9.1	0	0	0	34	7	2	5	17:14
Dylan Coghlan D. Coghlan	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0	0	4	3	1	2	13:47
Jaycob Megna J. Megna	5	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	13	16	0	2	19:40
Cole Smith C. Smith	5	0	1	1	-1	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0	0	11	2	0	0	13:33
Jeremy Davies J. Davies	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	8	0.0	0	0	0	3	3	1	1	17:24
Tanner Laczynski T. Laczynski	2	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	6	12	50.0	2	1	0	0	6:42
Jonas Rondbjerg J. Rondbjerg	3	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	9:09
Kaedan Korczak K. Korczak	3	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0	0	5	5	0	4	18:06

Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	MIN
Carter Hart C. Hart	11	10	4	6	1	321	293	.913	28	2.93	574
Adin Hill A. Hill	7	6	1	4	0	135	120	.889	15	3.09	291
Akira Schmid A. Schmid	3	1	2	0	0	59	55	.932	4	1.67	143

Team Leaders

L. Stankoven

T. Hall

GWG

L. Stankoven

SV%

.920

F. Andersen

Season

Career vs VGK

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Taylor Hall T. Hall	14	5	11	16	+11	12	0	2	0	0	1	1	39	12.8	3	11	27.3	19	8	2	10	16:12
Jackson Blake J. Blake	14	5	10	15	+8	18	0	2	0	0	2	1	33	15.2	0	0	0	13	10	10	11	18:03
Logan Stankoven L. Stankoven	14	9	3	12	+8	6	2	0	0	0	3	0	48	18.8	75	161	46.6	25	3	4	15	16:48
Nikolaj Ehlers N. Ehlers	13	6	5	11	+5	2	1	2	0	0	1	1	27	22.2	1	4	25.0	12	7	4	16	18:50
K'Andre Miller K. Miller	14	0	9	9	+14	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	17	0.0	0	0	0	27	22	13	14	23:55
Seth Jarvis S. Jarvis	14	3	5	8	+2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	36	8.3	0	12	0.0	21	11	4	11	20:00
Sebastian Aho S. Aho	14	4	3	7	+3	10	1	1	0	0	2	0	27	14.8	87	187	46.5	18	6	6	11	20:49
Jalen Chatfield J. Chatfield	14	1	6	7	+3	12	0	0	1	0	1	0	24	4.2	0	0	0	10	22	4	16	22:00
Andrei Svechnikov A. Svechnikov	14	3	4	7	-1	24	1	1	0	0	1	1	44	6.8	0	1	0.0	53	7	7	19	17:50
Shayne Gostisbehere S. Gostisbehere	14	3	4	7	+3	14	1	3	0	0	0	0	22	13.6	0	0	0	11	10	5	15	18:39
Jordan Staal J. Staal	14	3	3	6	+4	11	1	0	0	1	0	0	21	14.3	163	310	52.6	67	6	2	9	17:55
Eric Robinson E. Robinson	14	3	3	6	+4	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	14.3	0	3	0.0	33	3	1	7	10:31
Mark Jankowski M. Jankowski	14	0	4	4	+2	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0.0	76	160	47.5	13	12	1	9	11:58
Jordan Martinook J. Martinook	14	1	2	3	+1	10	0	0	0	1	1	1	29	3.4	1	6	16.7	29	12	4	14	16:07
Jaccob Slavin J. Slavin	14	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	0.0	0	0	0	8	28	10	20	23:08
William Carrier W. Carrier	14	0	3	3	+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0.0	4	8	50.0	70	5	2	7	10:26
Mike Reilly M. Reilly	2	0	2	2	+2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	12:55
Sean Walker S. Walker	14	0	2	2	+11	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	0.0	0	0	0	47	22	5	16	22:05
Alexander Nikishin A. Nikishin	12	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0.0	0	0	0	15	7	2	12	15:03
Nicolas Deslauriers N. Deslauriers	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	3:09

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Frederik Andersen F. Andersen	14	14	12	2	0	312	287	.920	25	1.65	3	910

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Sebastian Aho S. Aho	15	7	7	14	-7	6	3	4	0	0	1	1	56	12.5	102	221	46.2	8	3	14	9	19:12
Nikolaj Ehlers N. Ehlers	17	5	8	13	-3	6	0	3	0	0	2	0	46	10.9	1	4	25.0	3	4	6	11	15:33
Taylor Hall T. Hall	12	4	6	10	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	32	12.5	3	5	60.0	5	5	7	14	15:57
Jordan Martinook J. Martinook	16	3	5	8	+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	23	13.0	13	25	52.0	24	9	5	4	13:56
Sean Walker S. Walker	26	2	6	8	-1	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	49	4.1	0	0	0	34	42	11	12	18:34
Andrei Svechnikov A. Svechnikov	14	3	5	8	-5	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	35	8.6	2	4	50.0	36	3	10	10	16:48
Jaccob Slavin J. Slavin	14	1	6	7	-7	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	20	5.0	0	0	0	7	18	20	8	22:45
Jordan Staal J. Staal	15	3	4	7	+6	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	19	15.8	165	297	55.6	35	12	3	4	16:19
Seth Jarvis S. Jarvis	9	5	2	7	-1	2	1	0	1	0	3	0	14	35.7	4	10	40.0	11	9	6	7	17:49
Mark Jankowski M. Jankowski	17	5	1	6	-1	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	25	20.0	78	156	50.0	14	11	12	4	12:21
Jesperi Kotkaniemi J. Kotkaniemi	13	3	3	6	+1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	13.0	41	96	42.7	11	7	9	7	12:59
Shayne Gostisbehere S. Gostisbehere	18	2	3	5	+1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	32	6.3	0	0	0	12	20	3	17	19:26
Eric Robinson E. Robinson	10	2	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	11.8	2	3	66.7	21	5	3	2	13:14
K'Andre Miller K. Miller	9	1	2	3	-2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	25.0	0	0	0	20	12	9	6	22:08
Nicolas Deslauriers N. Deslauriers	22	2	0	2	-5	23	0	0	0	0	1	0	30	6.7	1	1	100.0	71	12	6	0	11:17
Mike Reilly M. Reilly	10	0	2	2	-2	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	14	0.0	0	0	0	5	6	1	3	16:20
Jalen Chatfield J. Chatfield	7	0	2	2	-3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0.0	0	0	0	9	7	3	6	19:09
Jackson Blake J. Blake	4	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	10.0	0	1	0.0	0	1	0	4	14:49
Logan Stankoven L. Stankoven	5	1	1	2	-2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	15	6.7	15	39	38.5	2	4	0	7	16:17
William Carrier W. Carrier	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	6	1	0	1	11:20
Alexander Nikishin A. Nikishin	2	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	0	0	0	7	8	0	3	24:21

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Frederik Andersen F. Andersen	11	11	5	6	0	333	300	.901	33	3.00	0	661
	Pyotr Kochetkov P. Kochetkov	3	3	3	0	0	96	89	.927	7	2.33	0	180

Golden Knights bring 1-0 lead into game 2 against the Hurricanes

The Associated Press

Jun 3, 2026

Vegas Golden Knights (39-26-17, in the Pacific Division) vs. Carolina Hurricanes (53-22-7, in the Metropolitan Division)

Raleigh, North Carolina; Thursday, 8 p.m. EDT

LINE: Hurricanes -162, Golden Knights +135; over/under is 6

STANLEY CUP FINAL: Golden Knights lead series 1-0

BOTTOM LINE: The Vegas Golden Knights visit the Carolina Hurricanes in the Stanley Cup Final with a 1-0 lead in the series. The teams meet Tuesday for the fourth time this season. The Golden Knights won 5-4 in the previous matchup.

Carolina is 35-12-2 at home and 53-22-7 overall. The Hurricanes have a 28-9-2 record when scoring a power-play goal.

Vegas is 39-26-17 overall and 26-16-8 on the road. The Golden Knights have a 49-7-11 record when scoring three or more goals.

TOP PERFORMERS: Seth Jarvis has 32 goals and 34 assists for the Hurricanes. Nikolaj Ehlers has six goals and four assists over the past 10 games.

Mitchell Marner has 24 goals and 56 assists for the Golden Knights. Jack Eichel has one goal and nine assists over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Hurricanes: 8-2-0, averaging 3.5 goals, 6.2 assists, 5.1 penalties and 13.4 penalty minutes while giving up two goals per game.

Golden Knights: 8-2-0, averaging 3.7 goals, 6.4 assists, 3.2 penalties and 7.7 penalty minutes while giving up 2.2 goals per game.

INJURIES: Hurricanes: None listed.

Golden Knights: None listed.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

Golden Knights VGK

Hurricanes CAR

Odds

Forward Matchup

Defenseman Matchup

Goalie Matchup

Team Stats

2025-26 Pacific Division

Last 5

Game Info

Golden Knights bring 1-0 lead into game 2 against the Hurricanes

Players Mentioned

Nikolaj Ehlers

Jack Eichel

Mitch Marner

Seth Jarvis