Carolina Hurricanes 5 — 3 Vegas Golden Knights
2026-06-09 · T-Mobile Arena · Playoff
Shots on goal by period
| Period | CAR | VGK |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 | 6 |
| 2 | 9 | 6 |
| 3 | 5 | 9 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carter Hart start | VGK | L | 23 | 27 | 4 | 20/23 | 3/4 | 0/0 | 58:15 |
| Brandon Bussi start | CAR | W | 18 | 21 | 3 | 12/15 | 5/5 | 1/1 | 60:00 |
CAR skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikolaj Ehlers | L | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19:09 |
| Jordan Staal | C | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16:34 |
| Jackson Blake | R | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:14 |
| Taylor Hall | L | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 16:33 |
| Sebastian Aho | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 18:14 |
| Logan Stankoven | C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:54 |
| Jalen Chatfield | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 22:51 |
| Shayne Gostisbehere | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13:02 |
| Jaccob Slavin | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24:41 |
| Seth Jarvis | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18:30 |
| K'Andre Miller | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 22:45 |
| Sean Walker | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 22:17 |
| Jordan Martinook | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:48 |
| Mark Jankowski | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:38 |
| William Carrier | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 08:23 |
| Eric Robinson | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:18 |
| Andrei Svechnikov | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:56 |
| Alexander Nikishin | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10:13 |
VGK skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Karlsson | C | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:53 |
| Mark Stone | R | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 21:34 |
| Colton Sissons | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12:33 |
| Shea Theodore | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25:00 |
| Rasmus Andersson | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 21:35 |
| Brett Howden | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:40 |
| Mitch Marner | R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 23:58 |
| Brayden McNabb | D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20:46 |
| Jack Eichel | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:44 |
| Tomas Hertl | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:55 |
| Pavel Dorofeyev | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:09 |
| Ivan Barbashev | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:01 |
| Noah Hanifin | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20:20 |
| Nic Dowd | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:33 |
| Cole Smith | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 09:50 |
| Keegan Kolesar | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 06:17 |
| Jeremy Lauzon | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 12:11 |
| Dylan Coghlan | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:25 |
Recent meetings
| Date | Season | Away | Home | End | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-14 | 2025-26 | CAR | 3 | VGK | 0 | |
| 2026-06-11 | 2025-26 | VGK | 2 | CAR | 4 | |
| 2026-06-09 | 2025-26 | CAR | 5 | VGK | 3 | |
| 2026-06-06 | 2025-26 | CAR | 4 | VGK | 5 | OT |
| 2026-06-04 | 2025-26 | VGK | 3 | CAR | 4 | OT |
| 2026-06-02 | 2025-26 | VGK | 5 | CAR | 4 | |
| 2025-10-28 | 2025-26 | VGK | 6 | CAR | 3 | |
| 2025-10-20 | 2025-26 | CAR | 1 | VGK | 4 | |
| 2025-01-17 | 2024-25 | VGK | 2 | CAR | 3 | |
| 2024-11-11 | 2024-25 | CAR | 5 | VGK | 2 |