NHL Games on TV Today – Tuesday, June 9, 2026 (ET)
One game on the schedule tonight, and it may be the most important of the season so far. The Carolina Hurricanes visit T-Mobile Arena for Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final trailing the Vegas Golden Knights 2-1, three nights after one of the wildest games in Final history.
Coverage is on ABC in the United States, with Sportsnet, CBC and TVA Sports carrying it in Canada.
Tuesday’s NHL Schedule at a Glance
| Time (ET) | Matchup | Series Status | US TV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 PM | Carolina Hurricanes at Vegas Golden Knights (Game 4) | Vegas leads 2-1 | ABC |
🏒 Game of the Day: Carolina Hurricanes vs. Vegas Golden Knights (Game 4)
8:00 PM ET | ABC (US) · Sportsnet / CBC / TVA Sports (Canada) · T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas
Game 3 was a game that will be replayed for decades. Vegas led 4-0 after two periods, powered by Mitch Marner, who scored three times in a span of 6:10 – the fastest hat trick in Stanley Cup Final history and the first natural hat trick in a Final since Ted Lindsay managed it for Detroit in 1955.
Then Carolina detonated. Jordan Martinook, Taylor Hall and Jordan Staal scored in 39 seconds – the fastest three goals by one team in Final history – and Andrei Svechnikov tied it at 18:18 with the goaltender pulled on a six-on-four power play. The game went another 25 minutes and 38 seconds before Shea Theodore ended it in double overtime, his shot bouncing off the boards and caroming in off the skate of Carolina goaltender Brandon Bussi. Vegas won 5-4.
Bussi is the subplot to watch. He had not played in two months before Rod Brind’Amour pulled Frederik Andersen – who allowed four goals on 16 shots – in the third period, and Vegas could not solve him until that final freak bounce. Brind’Amour has said he knows who starts tonight but is not saying who.
The stakes could hardly be clearer. If Vegas wins, it takes a 3-1 lead, and teams holding that advantage in the Stanley Cup Final are 38-1 all time – the lone exception coming 84 years ago when Detroit blew a 3-0 lead against Toronto. If Carolina wins, the series is level and home ice returns to Raleigh with two of the three remaining games potentially there.
Prediction: Carolina finally gets the tight defensive game it has been chasing all series and evens it at 2-2.
Remaining Stanley Cup Final Schedule
If required, Game 5 returns to Raleigh on Thursday, June 11, Game 6 comes back to T-Mobile Arena on Sunday, June 14, and Game 7 would be played in Carolina on Wednesday, June 17.
Every game starts at 8:00 PM ET and airs on ABC in the United States, with Sportsnet, CBC and French-language TVA Sports in Canada.
Three games, three one-goal margins, and two of them decided after regulation. Whatever happens tonight, this Final has already been one of the most chaotic in memory.
