In this article, we’ll outline our best Hurricanes vs Golden Knights Game 6 picks for the Stanley Cup Final, as well as the relevant betting notes for both teams, so you can place a winning wager with any of the best NHL betting sites.
After a fairly sound victory in Game 5, the Hurricanes have the opportunity to wrap up what has been an incredible Final Sunday night in Vegas, which would already be the second time in the Knights’ brief history that their fans have watched another time hoist the Stanley Cup in their building.
It’s been a strong postseason run for us at Canada Sports Betting, but unfortunately our picks in the final hold a record of just 2-3. Based on our pick we hope this will be the last matchup of the season, as we will target the Hurricanes wrapping it up in Game 6 at -115.
Hurricanes vs Golden Knights Game 6 picks: Hurricanes Moneyline -115 (Play to -120)
Hurricanes moneyline
Early on in the series the Knights gave the Hurricanes all they could handle, and if anything, were seemingly slightly more deserving of a series lead entering Game 5 than the Hurricanes. While we don’t want to overrate a one-game sample size too greatly, Carolina does seem to have less question marks than the Knights entering Game 6.
Carolina was always likely to hold a depth advantage in the series, and that strength was more notable in Games 4 and particularly Game 5. Vegas’s fourth line has not been effective this postseason, and it’s leaned quite heavily on the top pairing of Brayden McNabb and Shea Theodore to carry the load up front.
All of Mitch Marner’s haters have come out of the woodwork to point out his modest performance in Game 5, and while that was a concern, it’s also obvious to say that without his incredible performance this postseason the Knights would not have been close to reaching this point. If Carolina can continue to check his line effectively, it should continue to expose the fact that the Knights’ bottom-six does not look on par with what the Hurricanes are offering.
Marner’s unit will be at a notable loss with William Karlsson likely to be sidelined, as he had become a critical piece for the team after returning from a lengthy absence, playing the important role of second-line centre.
Carter Hart’s incredible play in the first three rounds is another major reason the Knights found their way into this series, but he’s looked shaky while playing to a save percentage of .850.
Though Carolina did not look as dominant as usual early on in the series, it feels like it is the team trending in the right direction. Though as a fan of the game I’d love to see seven games, it feels as though the Hurricanes are poised to finally put their playoff demons to rest Sunday.
Hurricanes vs Golden Knights Odds
| Hurricanes Moneyline Odds | -115 |
| Golden Knights Moneyline Odds | -105 |
| Puck Line Odds | Hurricanes -1.5 (+220) Golden Knights +1.5 (-270) |
| Series Winner Odds | Hurricanes (-425), Golden Knights (+325) |
| Goal Total | Over 5.5 Goals (-130), Under 5.5 Goals (+110) |
Odds courtesy of bet365.
Betting Carolina Hurricanes
With six goals in five games during the final and plenty of heavy hits, Hurricanes captain Jordan Staal is now the betting favourite to win the Conn Smythe at -120. While I’d personally disagree that this incredible five-game tear should warrant winning the MVP when the vote is supposed to be based upon the entire postseason, you can argue that Staal now being the favourite is actually a testament toward how well rounded the team truly has been, which seems to be the overwhelming edge at this point in the series.
To a much more minor extent than we saw last series, Carolina’s game has continued to trend upwards as this series has worn along. Top stars such as Sebastian Aho and Andrei Svechnikov are doing a more respectable job of matching the production offered from the Knights’ most important skaters, and if that continues to be true, Carolina’s edges elsewhere should allow it to win out.
The Hurricanes power play has succeeded on 37.5% of opportunities in the series and is winning the battle versus a Knights penalty kill, which was a major strength during their upset over the Avalanche.
Brandon Bussi has been rock-solid in goal, playing to a +2.4 GSAx rating and .908 save percentage in the series. The Hurricanes have seemingly defended a little more effectively in the two and a half games that Bussi has played, but he’s offered a clear cut edge over Carter Hart in that time frame.
Betting Vegas Golden Knights
Head coach John Tortorella scoffed at the idea of potentially shifting to Adin Hill when prompted postgame Thursday, though the dramatic reaction was likely used in part as a tactic to try and keep Hart’s confidence high. Hart has struggled to a .850 save percentage in the series and has without question let in some goals that were stoppable.
While the Knights did defend quite well for most of the postseason, they were clearly in a good rhythm in limiting opponents to the type of medium-danger chances that Hart would be capable of handling. Now it feels as though Hart can’t be trusted to make those saves, and if that continues to be true it’s going to be very hard to find ways to compensate.
The second line of Karlsson, Marner and Howden has played to a 57.7% expected goal share and outscored opponents 9-3 in 139.4 minutes of play this postseason, but now Tortorella will need to decide the best way to reconfigure his top-nine, and the options are seemingly not overly obvious.
Colton Sissons has been lining up as the third-line centre. It seems unlikely that Tortorella would play him in the top-six, so we will likely see one of Pavel Dorofeyev or Tomas Hertl to bump back into the top-six, and one of the wingers converted back into a role down the middle, then those two units leaned on to play the bulk of this do-or-die game.
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