It wasn’t the finals as predicted but here we are with the Vegas Golden Knights set to take on the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final. This sets up as a very evenly matched series which should go the distance.
Oddly enough Vegas and Carolina haven’t played each other since October with the Golden Knights taking the victory both of those meetings which took place at the very beginning of the season. Now both are set to face-off for the ultimate prize battle-tested and relatively healthy as they have the bulk of their rosters available for this series.
Vegas Golden Knights
It’s a star studded group for Western Conference victors Vegas as Mitch Marner leads the NHL with 21 points and Jack Eichel is next with 18 points. Both young sniper Pavel Dorofeyev and Brett Howden lead the NHL with 10 goals a piece.
Projected Lineup
Ivan Barbashev — Jack Eichel — Pavel Dorofeyev
Brett Howden — William Karlsson — Mitch Marner
Tomas Hertl — Colton Sissons — Mark Stone
Cole Smith — Nic Dowd — Keegan Kolesar
Brayden McNabb — Shea Theodore
Noah Hanifin — Rasmus Andersson
Kaedan Korczak — Dylan Coghlan
Carter Hart
Adin Hill
Carolina Hurricanes
The representatives from the Eastern Conference, Carolina are also getting contributions from all over their lineup as Taylor Hall leads with 16 points and Logan Stankoven has nine goals to his name. Carolina is attempting to make history with the fewest games needed to win the Stanley Cup (18) as they only have lost one game thus far through three rounds.
Projected Lineup
Andrei Svechnikov — Sebastian Aho — Seth Jarvis
Taylor Hall — Logan Stankoven — Jackson Blake
Nikolaj Ehlers — Jordan Staal — Jordan Martinook
William Carrier — Mark Jankowski — Eric Robinson
Jaccob Slavin — Jalen Chatfield
K’Andre Miller — Sean Walker
Shayne Gostisbehere — Alexander Nikishin
Frederik Andersen
Brandon Bussi
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