Stanley Cup odds: Big shake-up after underdogs prevail on Friday nightThe Canadiens have taken a lead in their series against the Lightning, which has shortened Montreal’s odds to lift the Stanley Cup to 18-1. Matt Garies/NHLI via Getty ImagesDoug GreenbergApr 25, 2026, 12:45 PM ETMultiple Authors
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Friday night’s NHL action saw all three home underdogs pull out key wins to take 2-1 series leads over perennial favorites, which shook up the Stanley Cup winner odds board. First, the Montreal Canadiens won an overtime thriller against the Tampa Bay Lightning, shortening the Habs from 35-1 to 18-1 and lengthening the Bolts from +650 to +950. Tampa Bay had come into the playoffs at +500 — third on the odds board — to lift the Cup.
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Next, the Utah Mammoth handled the Vegas Golden Knights for a second straight game, improving their championship odds from 30-1 to 22-1. VGK is all the way out to 14-1 after coming into the postseason with fourth-best 10-1 odds. Finally, the Edmonton Oilers, who were Stanley Cup runners-up in the last two seasons, experienced the biggest upset of the night by falling to the upstart Anaheim Ducks — again. Connor McDavid and company are now 19-1 for the title and +120 for the series after coming in as approximately -235 favorites; Anaheim remains a relative long shot for the Cup at 45-1.
This is all to say that the Colorado Avalanche (+230) and Carolina Hurricanes (+285) very much look like the favorites, as both teams are out to 3-0 series leads and have opened up a large gap between themselves and the next closest team (the Dallas Stars, at +900). None of these teams are particularly large sportsbook liabilities, but one that is would be the Buffalo Sabres, who are down to fifth-best 11-1 odds for the Stanley Cup after taking a 2-1 series lead against the Boston Bruins (80-1).
All odds provided by DraftKings Sportsbook and are accurate as of publish time.
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Stanley Cup oddsTeamCupConferenceCurrent SeriesColorado Avalanche
+230
+120
-20000
Carolina Hurricanes
+285
+125
-3000
Dallas Stars
+900
+450
-265
Tampa Bay Lightning
+950
+500
+120
Buffalo Sabres
11-1
+425
-330
Vegas Golden Knights
14-1
+750
+135
Montreal Canadiens
18-1
+700
-140
Edmonton Oilers
19-1
+850
+120
Utah Mammoth
22-1
+850
-160
Philadelphia Flyers
35-1
+900
-2000
Minnesota Wild
35-1
17-1
+220
Anaheim Ducks
45-1
16-1
-140
Boston Bruins
80-1
30-1
+260
Ottawa Senators
100-1
55-1
15-1
Pittsburgh Penguins
190-1
100-1
11-1
Los Angeles Kings
500-1
250-1
35-1
Conn Smythe Trophy odds leaderboard
Nathan MacKinnon, Avalanche +500
Cale Makar, Avalanche +950
Logan Stankoven, Hurricanes +1500
Scott Wedgewood, Avalanche +1500
Frederik Andersen, Hurricanes +1500
Sebastian Aho, Hurricanes +1800
Martin Necas, Avalanche +1800
Seth Jarvis, Hurricanes +2000
Nikolaj Ehlers, Hurricanes +2000
Nikita Kucherov, Lightning +2000
Connor McDavid, Oilers +2200
Andrei Vasilevskiy, Lightning +2500
Mikko Rantanen, Stars +3000
Cole Caufield, Canadiens +3500
Brandon Hagel, Lightning +3500
Wyatt Johnston, Stars +3500
Andrei Svechnikov, Hurricanes +3500
Nick Suzuki, Canadiens +3500
Jason Robertson, Stars +3500
Jack Eichel, Golden Knights +3500
Dan Vladar, Flyers +4000
Tage Thompson, Sabres +4000
Leon Draisaitl, Oilers +4000
Kirill Kaprizov, Wild +4000
Juraj Slafkovsky, Canadiens +4000
Rasmus Dahlin, Sabres +5000
Matt Boldy, Wild +5000
Mark Stone, Golden Knights +5000
Lane Hutson, Canadiens +5000
Jesper Wallstedt, Wild +5000
Jakub Dobes, Canadiens +5000
Jake Oettinger, Stars +5000
Jake Guentzel, Lightning +5000
Porter Martone, Flyers +6000
Quinn Hughes, Wild +6000
Mitch Marner, Golden Knights +6000
Dylan Guenther, HC +6000
Miro Heiskanen, Stars +6500
Clayton Keller, HC +7000
Carter Hart, Golden Knights +7000
Jeremy Swayman, Bruins +7000
David Pastrnak, Bruins +7500
Taylor Hall, Hurricanes +7500
Trevor Zegras, Flyers +7500
Alex Lyon, Sabres +7500
Leo Carlsson, Ducks +8000
Jackson Blake, Hurricanes +8000
Brayden Point, Lightning +9000
Cutter Gauthier, Ducks +10000
Travis Konecny, Flyers +10000
Logan Cooley, HC +10000
Lukas Dostal, Ducks +10000
Karel Vejmelka, HC +10000
Darren Raddysh, Lightning +12000
Brady Tkachuk, Senators +12000
Alex Tuch, Sabres +12000
Owen Tippett, Flyers +12000
Nick Schmaltz, HC +12000
Joel Eriksson Ek, Wild +12000
Brandon Bussi, Hurricanes +15000
Shayne Gostisbehere, Hurricanes +15000
Pavel Dorofeyev, Golden Knights +15000
Morgan Geekie, Bruins +15000
Mackenzie Blackwood, Avalanche +15000
Linus Ullmark, Senators +15000
Ivan Demidov, Canadiens +15000
Brock Nelson, Avalanche +20000
Brock Faber, Wild +20000
Beckett Sennecke, Ducks +20000
Tomas Hertl, Golden Knights +20000
Sidney Crosby, Penguins +20000
Anton Forsberg, Kings +20000
Jake Sanderson, Senators +20000
Jackson LaCombe, Ducks +20000
Filip Gustavsson, Wild +20000
Evan Bouchard, Oilers +20000
Erik Karlsson, Penguins +20000
Bryan Rust, Penguins +25000
Zach Hyman, Oilers +25000
Artemi Panarin, Kings +25000
Josh Doan, Sabres +25000
Ivan Barbashev, Golden Knights +25000
Troy Terry, Ducks +30000
Adrian Kempe, Kings +30000
Ryan McLeod, Sabres +30000
Matvei Michkov, Flyers +30000
Evgeni Malkin, Penguins +30000
Tim Stutzle, Senators +30000
Anze Kopitar, Kings +35000
Dylan Cozens, Senators +40000
Drake Batherson, Senators +40000
Charlie McAvoy, Bruins +40000
Roope Hintz, Stars +40000
Mikhail Sergachev, HC +40000
Quinton Byfield, Kings +45000
Brandt Clarke, Kings +50000
Arturs Silovs, Penguins +50000
Anthony Mantha, Penguins +50000
Stuart Skinner, Penguins +50000
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Oilers +50000
and are accurate as of publish time.
