Vegas Golden Knights vs Carolina Hurricanes, Stanley Cup Final Game 1

NHL

Golden Knights

39-26-17, 95 PTS

5-4

Final

Hurricanes

53-22-7, 113 PTS

Lenovo Center

TV: Sportsnet

On the ice

VGK shoots leftCAR shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
VGK	4	11	8	23
CAR	12	5	12	29

In net

Carter Hart25/29 SV, .862

Frederik Andersen18/23 SV, .783

Team	1	2	3	T
VGK	1	2	2	5
CAR	2	1	1	4

Who won: Golden Knights 5-4

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5-4 in Stanley Cup Final Game 1 on Tuesday, June 2, 2026 at Lenovo Center. The Golden Knights win the series 2-0. Shea Theodore led the Golden Knights in goals (1). Nikolaj Ehlers led the Hurricanes in goals (2).

VGK

CAR

Forwards	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Sebastian AhoC	0	0	1	0	17:31	2:11	2:19	13:01	23	0	4	1	1	7	8	46.7	0	0	0
Jackson BlakeRW	0	0	2	0	15:22	2:01	0:06	13:15	21	0	5	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
William CarrierLW	0	4	0	-1	10:48	0:00	0:00	10:48	16	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Nikolaj EhlersLW	0	0	0	2	16:16	2:19	0:00	13:57	22	2	6	2	3	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Taylor HallLW	0	2	0	0	14:02	1:59	0:00	12:03	20	0	5	2	3	0	1	0.0	0	0	0
Mark JankowskiC	1	0	0	-1	10:33	0:00	0:00	10:33	19	0	0	0	0	5	7	41.7	1	2	4
Seth JarvisC	1	0	0	-1	17:40	2:01	2:30	13:09	21	0	3	3	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Jordan MartinookRW	0	0	0	1	16:35	0:00	3:24	13:11	23	0	1	2	1	0	1	0.0	1	0	0
Eric RobinsonLW	0	3	0	-1	11:02	0:00	0:37	10:25	16	0	3	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Jordan StaalC	0	3	0	0	19:12	1:26	3:00	14:46	22	1	3	3	0	11	7	61.1	0	0	0
Logan StankovenC	0	2	0	0	15:37	1:48	0:04	13:45	20	0	9	2	0	8	8	50.0	0	0	0
Andrei SvechnikovLW	1	3	0	-1	15:24	2:02	0:00	13:22	19	0	3	1	1	0	0	0.0	2	0	0

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Jalen ChatfieldD	3	2	0	1	19:24	0:00	1:40	17:44	29	0	1	2	1	1	1	1	2
Shayne GostisbehereD	2	1	1	-1	15:30	2:14	0:05	13:11	22	1	3	0	2	0	2	0	0
K'Andre MillerD	4	0	2	0	23:51	1:46	2:33	19:32	30	0	0	1	2	1	2	0	0
Alexander NikishinD	0	1	0	-1	12:48	0:00	0:24	12:24	19	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Jaccob SlavinD	0	0	1	0	21:52	0:00	3:39	18:13	30	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0
Sean WalkerD	1	5	0	-2	22:19	0:13	3:39	18:27	30	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0

Goalies	GA	SA	SOS	SOSA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	TOI	YTDG	PIM
Frederik AndersenG	5	23	0	0	18	.783	15	2	1	58:14	0	0