Hurricanes Open as -160 Game 2 Favorites as Golden Knights Chase 2-0 Stanley Cup Final Lead
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Updated · CBS Sports · Jun 3
Hurricanes Open as -160 Game 2 Favorites as Golden Knights Chase 2-0 Stanley Cup Final Lead
3 articles · Updated · CBS Sports · Jun 3
Summary
Carolina is favored at about -160 for Thursday’s Game 2 in Raleigh, even after Vegas rallied from 2-0 down to win the opener 5-4 and seize a 1-0 Stanley Cup Final lead.
Vegas enters on a franchise playoff-record seven-game winning streak and is 20-4-1 since John Tortorella replaced Bruce Cassidy with eight games left in the regular season.
Brett Howden’s playoff-leading 11th goal headlined Game 1 for the Golden Knights, while Carolina still extended a pattern of scoring first in 12 of 14 postseason games.
Player props highlighted for Game 2 include Pavel Dorofeyev over 2.5 shots on goal at +108 and Taylor Hall to record a point at -104.
The matchup pits two teams with recent bounce-back pedigree: Vegas has twice turned road Game 1 wins into 2-0 series leads, while Carolina recovered from an East final Game 1 loss with four straight wins.