Carolina Hurricanes vs Vegas Golden Knights

Playoffs · Sunday, June 14, 2026 · T-Mobile Arena

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3–0

Final

SOG 23–22

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Game summary

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Vegas Golden Knights 3-0 on Sunday, June 14, 2026 at T-Mobile Arena. The Hurricanes outshot the Golden Knights 23-22.

Goals came from Taylor Hall, Jackson Blake and Nikolaj Ehlers.

Brandon Bussi made 22 saves on 22 shots for the win; Carter Hart stopped 20 of 22.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
CAR	1	1	1	3	23
VGK	0	0	0	0	22

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Taylor Hall (7)Jaccob Slavin (5), Jackson Blake (13)1–003:47 CAR

2nd period

Jackson Blake (7)Logan Stankoven (5)2–013:31 CAR

3rd period

Nikolaj Ehlers (8)Unassisted3–018:52 CAR · EN

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

GoalCAR on iceVGK on iceDefenders’ longest

1–0 CAR

1st 3:47 · Hall

Marner 0:30

Fresh legsMarner 0:30

2–0 CAR

2nd 13:31 · Blake

Barbashev 0:48

NormalBarbashev 0:48

3–0 CAR

3rd 18:52 · EN · Ehlers

Stone 2:21

Empty netStone 2:21

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).

3.9%

5.8%

6.5%

7.1%

7.3%

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

CARVGK

23Shots on goal22

52%Faceoff %48%

0/3Power play0/3

6Penalty minutes6

32Hits39

12Blocked shots7

16Giveaways19

10Takeaways2

Penalties

1st 10:26Jackson Blake · tripping2 min
1st 10:57Tomas Hertl · delaying game face off violation2 min
1st 16:12Jack Eichel · hooking2 min
1st 18:38Logan Stankoven · cross checking2 min
2nd 17:04Rasmus Andersson · interference2 min
3rd 08:49Eric Robinson · high sticking2 min

Season series

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes skaters

53Jackson BlakeR	1	1	2	+2	3	0	2	2	–	14:32
22Logan StankovenC	0	1	1	+2	1	5	0	2	25	16:15
27Nikolaj EhlersL	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	0	–	15:28
71Taylor HallL	1	0	1	+2	2	0	0	0	–	14:38
74Jaccob SlavinD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	0	–	22:31
11Jordan StaalC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	64	17:02
20Sebastian AhoC	0	0	0	+1	1	2	0	0	53	20:14
24Seth JarvisR	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	100	18:44
28William CarrierL	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	–	10:26
37Andrei SvechnikovR	0	0	0	+1	3	6	0	0	–	16:26
48Jordan MartinookL	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	–	16:01
50Eric RobinsonL	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	–	08:53
77Mark JankowskiL	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	71	08:50
4Shayne GostisbehereD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	11:54
5Jalen ChatfieldD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	4	0	–	23:37
19K'Andre MillerD	0	0	0	+2	0	1	1	0	–	22:59
21Alexander NikishinD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	11:40
26Sean WalkerD	0	0	0	+2	0	2	0	0	–	23:50

Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
32Brandon BussiG	W	22	22	0	1.000	60:00
52Pyotr KochetkovG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters

9Jack EichelC	-1	2	3	2	2	44	24:07
10Colton SissonsC	0	1	5	1	0	27	13:11
16Pavel DorofeyevR	-1	6	0	0	0	–	17:50
19Reilly SmithR	0	0	3	0	0	–	09:21
21Brett HowdenC	-2	1	2	0	0	60	14:52
22Cole SmithR	0	0	2	0	0	100	10:43
26Nic DowdC	0	0	2	1	0	33	11:29
42Braeden BowmanR	0	0	0	0	0	–	09:12
48Tomas HertlC	-1	3	4	0	2	63	17:00
49Ivan BarbashevL	-2	2	3	0	0	–	11:48
61Mark StoneR	-1	2	3	0	0	–	23:49
93Mitch MarnerR	-3	3	3	0	0	–	22:58
3Brayden McNabbD	0	0	1	0	0	–	20:12
4Rasmus AnderssonD	-2	0	1	1	2	–	19:11
5Jeremy LauzonD	0	1	7	0	0	–	15:27
6Kaedan KorczakD	0	0	0	0	0	–	13:58
15Noah HanifinD	-2	0	0	2	0	–	16:33
27Shea TheodoreD	-1	1	0	0	0	–	24:17

Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
33Adin HillG		0	0	0	–	00:00
79Carter HartG	L	22	20	2	.909	58:02