NHL Games on TV Today – Sunday, June 14, 2026 (ET)
One game on the schedule tonight, and the Stanley Cup could be lifted at the end of it. The Carolina Hurricanes visit T-Mobile Arena for Game 6 leading the Final 3-2, with the Vegas Golden Knights facing elimination for the first time this postseason.
Coverage is on ABC in the United States, with Sportsnet, CBC and TVA Sports carrying it in Canada.
Sunday’s NHL Schedule at a Glance
| Time (ET) | Matchup | Series Status | US TV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 PM | Carolina Hurricanes at Vegas Golden Knights (Game 6) | Carolina leads 3-2 | ABC |
🏒 Game of the Day: Carolina Hurricanes vs. Vegas Golden Knights (Game 6)
8:00 PM ET | ABC (US) · Sportsnet / CBC / TVA Sports (Canada) · T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas
Carolina finally produced a controlled, unremarkable hockey game – and that was exactly the point. Vegas scored first in Game 5, but the Hurricanes answered with the next four and held on for a 4-2 win, taking their first lead of the series and the chance to win the Cup tonight.
Jordan Staal tied it at 11:46 with a high-slot redirection off a Nikolaj Ehlers pass, and it has become one of the storylines of the Final: Staal is the fifth player in NHL history and the first in 53 years to score in five or more consecutive Stanley Cup Final games, tying the record for the longest such streak to open a Final. Sebastian Aho added another, and Andrei Svechnikov scored twice on the power play, the second at 11:08 of the third after a Mark Stone double-minor. Pavel Dorofeyev pulled one back, but Carolina killed a late penalty with Carter Hart pulled to preserve the win.
Brandon Bussi has now won both of his starts – the first goaltender in league history to make his first two career playoff starts in the Stanley Cup Final and win them both. At the other end, Hart became the first goaltender in Final history to allow four or more goals in each of the first five games, though John Tortorella has bristled at any suggestion of a change.
Tortorella did make one declaration afterward, saying he was leaving his clothes at the team hotel in North Carolina in anticipation of a return trip for Game 7. Carolina, meanwhile, has scored at least four goals in each of the first five games – something only the 1973 Canadiens have managed in a Final. The Hurricanes also have the safety net of a winner-take-all Game 7 at home on Wednesday if tonight does not go their way.
Prediction: Carolina finishes it on the road – the Hurricanes win their first Stanley Cup in 20 years.
If the Series Goes to Seven
A Vegas win tonight would force a deciding Game 7 at Lenovo Center on Wednesday, June 17, at 8:00 PM ET on ABC. Carolina reclaimed home ice for that scenario with its Game 4 win in Las Vegas.
For context on how strange this series has been: the two teams combined for 33 goals through five games, an average of 8.25 per night, from two clubs that allowed a combined four goals per game across the first three rounds. Vegas has outscored Carolina 9-1 in second periods; Carolina has outscored Vegas 15-6 in the first and third combined.
Twenty years after their only championship, the Hurricanes have one win left. Vegas has to win two straight, starting at home, to claim a second Cup in nine seasons.
