{"id":699365,"date":"2026-05-28T05:21:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T05:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/699365\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T05:21:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T05:21:10","slug":"opening-odds-for-canadiens-vs-hurricanes-game-5-in-2026-nhl-stanley-cup-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/699365\/","title":{"rendered":"Opening odds for Canadiens vs. Hurricanes Game 5 in 2026 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading151976_e554f3-7c\">Stan Son provides the opening odds for the Game 5 matchup between the Canadiens and Hurricanes in the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After squeaking out two overtime wins, Carolina left no doubt in Game 4, as Sebastian Aho, Jordan Staal, and Logan Stankoven all scored late in the first period. The <a data-autolink-id=\"2791\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsbook.draftkings.com\/teams\/hockey\/nhl\/carolina-hurricanes--odds\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hurricanes<\/a> added an empty netter in the third period en route to a 4-0 victory. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Carolina out-shot Montreal, 42-18, and had six power play opportunities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now staked to a 3-1 series lead, Carolina goes home with the chance to close out the series and meet the Vegas <a data-autolink-id=\"2814\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsbook.draftkings.com\/teams\/hockey\/nhl\/vegas-golden-knights--odds\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Golden Knights<\/a> in the Stanley Cup Final.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Carolina had the best home ice record during the regular season at 29-10-2, and have dropped only one game at home during this playoff run.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let\u2019s take a look at the opening odds on <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsbook.draftkings.com\/event\/mtl-canadiens-%2540-car-hurricanes\/34213466\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/sportsbook.draftkings.com\/leagues\/hockey\/nhl?category=futures&amp;subcategory=series-props&amp;nav_1=winner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">DraftKings Sportsbook<\/a> for this Game 5 matchup between the <a data-autolink-id=\"2787\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsbook.draftkings.com\/teams\/hockey\/nhl\/montreal-canadiens--odds\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Canadiens<\/a> and Hurricanes.<\/p>\n<p>Opening odds for Canadiens vs. Hurricanes on DraftKings Sportsbook<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Hurricanes open as -225 moneyline favorites for Game 5 on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sportsbook.draftkings.com\/event\/mtl-canadiens-%2540-car-hurricanes\/34213466\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">DraftKings Sportsbook<\/a>. The Canadiens are +185 underdogs, with the total set at 5.5 goals.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"197\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-27-201155.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-401109\" style=\"width:898px;height:auto\"  \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stan Son provides the opening odds for the Game 5 matchup between the Canadiens and Hurricanes in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":699366,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":["post-699365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=699365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/699366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=699365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=699365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=699365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}