NHL-Hurricanes beat Golden Knights to win Stanley Cup

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Vegas Golden Knights 3-0 on Sunday to win their second Stanley Cup championship and first since 2006.

Taylor Hall, Jackson Blake and Nikolaj Ehlers scored for Carolina while Brandon Bussi recorded the shutout as the visiting Hurricanes closed out the NHL's best-of-seven championship series in six games.

Hall gave Carolina all the scoring they would need when he took a long pass from defenseman Jaccob Slavin and fired a wrist shot that beat Carter Hart on the glove side less than four minutes into the game.

Blake doubled Carolina's lead in the middle frame when he received a pass from the corner by Logan Stankoven and ripped a close-range snap shot that went in off the stick of Vegas forward Mitch Marner.

Ehlers put the game away when he scored into an empty net while Bussi made 22 saves for the shutout.

(Reporting by Frank Pingue in Toronto; Editing by Jacqueline Wong and Peter Rutherford)

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This story was originally published June 14, 2026 at 8:12 PM.