The Stanley Cup Final begins Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET in Raleigh as the Carolina Hurricanes face the Vegas Golden Knights. The top-seeded Hurricanes lost just one playoff game while the Golden Knights swept the NHL's top team, Colorado Avalanche, to reach their second Cup Final.

SportsLine's model predicts the Over (5.5 goals) with 59% of simulations, projecting 6.4 total goals. The Hurricanes (-155 favorites) have home advantage after a dominant postseason run, while Vegas (+128 underdogs) enters on a hot streak after eliminating Colorado.

The model carries a +568 return on top-rated NHL picks through 10,000 simulations. Carolina's Shayne Gostisbehere and Sebastian Aho average over 0.5 projected points, while Vegas counters with Jack Eichel, Mark Stone, Mitch Marner and Pavel Dorofeyev. The matchup features two franchises seeking their second Stanley Cup title.