{"id":1862,"date":"2026-05-30T04:11:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T04:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=1862"},"modified":"2026-05-30T04:11:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T04:11:09","slug":"vegas-golden-knights-vs-carolina-hurricanes-is-a-stanley-cup-final-of-playoff-powerhouses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=1862","title":{"rendered":"Vegas Golden Knights vs. Carolina Hurricanes is a Stanley Cup Final of playoff powerhouses"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Even if the Vegas Golden Knights and Carolina Hurricanes did not stand out as the cream of the crop in the NHL during the regular season, they have clearly been the best during the playoffs. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=1860\">Giants\u2019 Abdul Carter felt the need to call out Jaxson Dart to show he is against Donald Trump<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now the hottest teams in hockey will meet for the Stanley Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Vegas swept Presidents\u2019 Trophy-winning Colorado in the Western Conference Final and has won 19 of 24 games since John Tortorella took over as coach in late March. Carolina has won 12 of 13 the playoffs, including four in a row to put away Montreal to reach the Cup final.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI probably would give an edge to Vegas, but I don\u2019t feel that secure in that,\u201d former player-turned-NHL Network analyst Mike Rupp said. \u201cBoth teams are just playing this demonstrative way right now that it feels like it\u2019s the right matchup here in the finals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Hurricanes actually go into the series as a slight favorite, perhaps because they have home-ice advantage and have looked especially dominant. Game 1 is Tuesday night in Raleigh.<\/p>\n<h3>How they got here<\/h3>\n<p>Carolina was 8-0 through two rounds with sweeps of Ottawa and Philadelphia. A wakeup call of a loss to the Canadiens could easily be attributed to rust after an 11-day layoff, and the Hurricanes have not lost since.<\/p>\n<p>Vegas had some bumps getting through Utah and Anaheim, then had no trouble with the banged-up and battered Avalanche. The Golden Knights will have a full week off between rounds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI worry about, just you lose your edge just a little bit, that\u2019s a big disadvantage,\u201d Tortorella said Friday. \u201cThat\u2019s the key for us. As a coach, you\u2019re always worried about that. I think our players, the group is good, and I think they understand that because they\u2019ve been in this before, most of them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Carolina is in the final for the first time since 2006, when coach Rod Brind\u2019Amour was captain, this is nothing new for the Golden Knights. They\u2019ve reached the final for a third time in less than a decade of existence and a second time in the past four years, having won the Stanley Cup in 2023. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=1858\">Cumberland County Schools honors 17 standout seniors whose perseverance shaped their path to graduation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Vegas has 12 players back from that title run.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat feeling, you want that feeling back,\u201d said defenseman Shea Theodore, who has been with the team since the inaugural season in 2017-18. \u201cIt feels different, but I think the feeling in the locker room with the guys and how we are with one another, it feels very similar to that \u2014 that group in \u201923 \u2014 how close we are, and it\u2019s just exciting to be back.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>What to expect in the Vegas-Carolina Stanley Cup Final<\/h3>\n<p>Mostly, a low-scoring affair. The Golden Knights and Hurricanes have allowed some of the fewest goals of all the teams in the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoth these teams defend at a high level,\u201d former goalie and now NHL Network analyst Cory Schneider said. \u201cThey work at a high level. They don\u2019t give you much room and space and time. I don\u2019t want to say it\u2019s going to be a boring final, but it\u2019s definitely going to be a bit of a grind and whoever comes out on top is going to be the team that can sort of survive that grind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brind\u2019Amour\u2019s hard-working style has finally paid off in his eighth season in charge. Carolina won at least a round in each of the previous seven but had consistently failed to get over the hump.<\/p>\n<p>The Hurricanes have gotten to this point despite not being an offensive powerhouse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo far, it\u2019s worked, but this where they run into trouble,\u201d Schneider said. \u201cThis is why in years past they haven\u2019t quite broken through to the finals is because they play such a high-intensity style that it emphasizes shot quantity over quality, so that doesn\u2019t always lead to goals. They\u2019ll possess the puck and throw a million pucks on net, but they don\u2019t always get great looks and high-end scoring chances and they don\u2019t have a ton of elite finishers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP Sports Writers Mark Anderson in Las Vegas and Aaron Beard in Raleigh, North Carolina, contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=1850\">Arrest made in 2001 cold case; Raleigh police say suspect was caught in Virginia<\/a><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP NHL: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/stanley-cup and https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nhl<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even if the Vegas Golden Knights and Carolina Hurricanes did not stand out as the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1861,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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