{"id":594173,"date":"2026-06-08T14:48:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T14:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/594173\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T14:48:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T14:48:57","slug":"nhl-playoffs-2026-picks-hurricanes-golden-knights-game-3-best-bets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/594173\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Playoffs 2026 picks: Hurricanes-Golden Knights Game 3 best bets"},"content":{"rendered":"

Control of the NHL Stanley Cup Final is on the line on Saturday, June 6, when the\u00a0Vegas Golden Knights<\/a>\u00a0host the Carolina Hurricanes<\/a>\u00a0in Game 3 with the series tied at 1-1. Vegas drew first blood in an exciting 5-4 Game 1 win, but Carolina rebounded with a 4-3 overtime win in Game 2. The action moves from Raleigh, N.C. to Sin City for Games 2 and 3. Puck drop is set for 8 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n

The Canes looked like they were going to take Game after taking an early 2-0 lead, but the Golden Knights scored three straight to take the lead. The Hurricanes did tie things up at 3-3 and 4-4, but\u00a0Tomas Hertl’s<\/a>\u00a0scored a go-ahead goal with just over three minutes remaining to give the Golden Knights the win. Carolina then mounted a monster comeback in Game 3, scoring three third-period goals before Seth Jarvis<\/a> cashed in during the overtime period to even the series up. Carolina is 13-2 this postseason and snapped Vegas’ seven-game win streak.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This one is effectively a pick ’em, per the latest Hurricanes vs. Golden Knights consensus odds, and the Over\/Under for total goals scored is 5.5. The\u00a0SportsLine Projection Model<\/a>, which simulates every NHL<\/a> game 10,000 times, has locked in its\u00a0NHL picks<\/a>\u00a0and best bets for Game 3 of the NHL Stanley Cup Final on Saturday. The model entered the 2026 Stanley Cup Final with a +568 return on top-rated money-line\u00a0NHL picks<\/a>. Anyone following its\u00a0NHL betting<\/a>\u00a0advice at\u00a0sportsbooks<\/a>\u00a0and on\u00a0betting apps<\/a>\u00a0could have seen strong returns.<\/p>\n

Ahead of Game 3, bettors have a ton of different NHL betting<\/a> opportunities, such as\u00a0spread betting<\/a>,\u00a0Over\/Under bets<\/a>, money line bets<\/a>\u00a0and even\u00a0player prop bets<\/a>. Bettors also can combine picks to make a\u00a0same-game parlay bet<\/a>\u00a0for Saturday’s Game 3 matchup for a potentially greater profit.<\/p>\n

Bet on the NHL at DraftKings and get $200 in bonus bets after wagering $5 or more<\/a>:\u00a0<\/p>\n

NHL Stanley Cup Final Game 3 picks for Saturday, June 6Golden Knights money lineOver 5.5 goalsGolden Knights money line<\/p>\n

The Golden Knights have been exceptional in the later stages of this postseason, and it looked like they were heading towards a 2-0 series lead in Game 2. They jumped out to a 2-0 lead before Carolina came storming back, and then after the Canes took a 3-2 lead, Vegas captain Mark Stone<\/a> tied things up with less than two minutes to go. The action now moves to Las Vegas, where the Golden Knights are 6-2 this postseason. The SportsLine model has Vegas winning Game 3 in 55% of simulations, and consensus odds have this one effectively as a pick ’em.<\/p>\n

Sign up with FanDuel and get $350 in bonus bets when you wager $5 each day for 7 days<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Over 5.5 total goals<\/p>\n

The story of Carolina’s postseason thus far has been defense, as the Hurricanes have allowed two or fewer goals in all but three of their 15 playoff games to date. Two of those three games where they’ve allowed three or more goals, however, have come in the first two games of the Final. Each of Carolina’s last three games have finished Over 5.5 goals, while three of Vegas’ last four games have cleared this number. The Over hits in 56.1% of simulations.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Control of the NHL Stanley Cup Final is on the line on Saturday, June 6, when the\u00a0Vegas Golden…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":594174,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[463,464],"tags":[183,29,66123,66122,65719,65720,5,1040,4,17887,37257,60,63010,62788,62789,61,1177,14,65810,65495,104,718,1261,39],"class_list":["post-594173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl-playoffs","category-stanley-cup-playoffs","tag-betting","tag-carolina-hurricanes","tag-golden-k","tag-golden-knights-hurricanes-betting","tag-golden-knights-hurricanes-odds","tag-golden-knights-hurricanes-picks","tag-hockey","tag-mark-stone","tag-nhl","tag-nhl-odds","tag-nhl-picks","tag-nhl-playoffs","tag-nhl-playoffs-odds","tag-nhl-playoffs-picks","tag-nhl-playoffs-predictions","tag-nhl-predictions","tag-seth-jarvis","tag-stanley-cup","tag-stanley-cup-final-odds","tag-stanley-cup-final-predictions","tag-stanley-cup-playoffs","tag-stanley-cup-playoffs-nhl","tag-tomas-hertl","tag-vegas-golden-knights"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116715045741815887","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=594173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594173\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/594174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=594173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=594173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=594173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}