Hurricanes Shut Out Golden Knights 3-0 to Win First Stanley Cup in 20 Years; Staal Named Playoff MVP
The Carolina Hurricanes shut out the Vegas Golden Knights 3-0 in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, on June 14, 2026, winning the series 4-2 and claiming their first Stanley Cup since 2006.
Goaltender Brandon Bussi stopped all 22 shots for the ninth Cup-clinching shutout in the past 50 years, the first since Andrei Vasilevskiy's in 2021. Taylor Hall opened the scoring at 3:47 of the first period with what became the series-winning goal, making him the fourth No. 1 draft pick to score a Cup-clinching goal. Jackson Blake added a goal and an assist, and Nikolaj Ehlers scored into the empty net late in the third. Vegas goaltender Carter Hart made 20 saves.
Hurricanes captain Jordan Staal, 37, won the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP, the oldest winner in the award's history; he scored six goals in the Final, tying the NHL record with goals in five straight games. His previous Cup came with Pittsburgh in 2009, making him the first player to go at least 17 years between championships. Carolina finished the playoffs 16-3, the fewest games needed to win the Cup since Edmonton's 16-2 run in 1988. Head coach Rod Brind'Amour, who captained Carolina's 2006 title team, became the fourth person to win the Cup with the same franchise as both captain and coach.
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Related: Golden Knights Beat Avalanche 2-1 to Complete Sweep, Reach Third Stanley Cup Final
Source: NHL.com
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Photo: 图：Jordan Staal（资料照片，2013年身穿飓风队服）。Benjamin Reed 摄，CC BY-SA 2.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Jordan Staal (file photo, 2013, in a Hurricanes uniform). Photo by Benjamin Reed, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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