Stanley Cup odds: Montreal, Vegas favored in their series' Tuesday

The Buffalo Sabres, who have been the success story of the 2025-26 NHL season and a popular futures choice among the betting public, suddenly find themselves in some peril after falling into a 2-1 deficit in their second-round series against the Montreal Canadiens. Buffalo has lengthened all the way out to 20-1 to win the Stanley Cup, while Montreal is +950, its shortest odds of the season thus far.

The winner of that series will face the Carolina Hurricanes, who finished off another sweep on Saturday and moved to +155. The Colorado Avalanche still lead at +140 after taking Game 4 from the Minnesota Wild (45-1).

Meanwhile, the Vegas Golden Knights are facing some resistance from the long-shot Anaheim Ducks, as that series is now tied at two games apiece. Vegas is still third on the Stanley Cup odds board but lengthened from +550 to +900 after dropping Game 4, while Anaheim shortened from 45-1 to 28-1.

All odds provided by DraftKings Sportsbook

and areaccurate as of publish time.

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Nathan MacKinnon, Avalanche: +300

Frederik Andersen, Hurricanes: +500

Cale Makar, Avalanche: 10-1

Taylor Hall, Hurricanes: 12-1

Jackson Blake, Hurricanes: 13-1

Logan Stankoven, Hurricanes: 14-1

Mitch Marner, Golden Knights: 17-1

Jakub Dobes, Canadiens: 22-1

Jack Eichel, Golden Knights: 30-1

Sebastian Aho, Hurricanes: 35-1

Quinn Hughes, Wild: 35-1

Kirill Kaprizov, Wild: 35-1

Nick Suzuki, Canadiens: 40-1

Lane Hutson, Canadiens: 45-1

Seth Jarvis, Hurricanes: 55-1

Cole Caufield, Canadiens: 60-1

Tage Thompson, Sabres: 70-1

Matt Boldy, Wild: 70-1

Scott Wedgewood, Avalanche: 75-1

Andrei Svechnikov, Hurricanes: 80-1

Rasmus Dahlin, Sabres: 80-1

Cutter Gauthier, Ducks: 90-1

Martin Necas, Avalanche: 90-1

Leo Carlsson, Ducks: 90-1

Carter Hart, Golden Knights: 100-1

Alex Tuch, Sabres: 100-1

Alex Lyon, Sabres: 100-1

Juraj Slafkovsky, Canadiens: 100-1

Jesper Wallstedt, Wild: 100-1

Jackson LaCombe, Ducks: 100-1

Gabriel Landeskog, Avalanche: 120-1

Pavel Dorofeyev, Golden Knights: 120-1

Nikolaj Ehlers, Hurricanes: 120-1

Mark Stone, Golden Knights: 120-1

Brett Howden, Golden Knights: 120-1

Ivan Barbashev, Golden Knights: 140-1

Brock Faber, Wild: 150-1

Beckett Sennecke, Ducks: 150-1

Mackenzie Blackwood, Avalanche: 150-1

Alex Newhook, Canadiens: 150-1

Troy Terry, Ducks: 200-1

Shayne Gostisbehere, Hurricanes: 200-1

Ivan Demidov, Canadiens: 200-1

Lukas Dostal, Ducks: 250-1

Brock Nelson, Avalanche: 300-1

Ryan McLeod, Sabres: 300-1

Joel Eriksson Ek, Wild: 350-1

Brandon Bussi, Hurricanes: 500-1

Tomas Hertl, Golden Knights: 500-1

Josh Doan, Sabres: 500-1

Filip Gustavsson, Wild: 500-1