Nashville fans still rue the bad call on Sissons’ go-ahead goal. They’ve never been able to shed their label as chokers.

Losing in overtime, no thanks to Brett Hull’s foot in the crease. No one in Vancouver will ever forget LaFayette’s post or the ensuing riots. NHL Stats for Teams Searching for Their First Stanley Cup The other teams to lose in the finals in that span include: Detroit, Philadelphia, Vancouver, New Jersey, Boston, NY Rangers, San Jose Nashville, Vegas, Boston, Dallas, Montreal and Florida.

The Bolts lost to the Blackhawks in 2015 and went on to win in 2020 & 2021, while the Knights lost to the Capitals in 2018 and went on to win in 2023. Interestingly enough, the Golden Knights and Tampa Bay Lightning are the only two teams since 2008 to lose in a Stanley Cup Final and go on to win a Cup. Louis Blues (2019) and the Washington Capitals (2018) as the only first-time Stanley Cup winners in the last decade. It only took six seasons for VGK to win the Stanley Cup, although the Seattle Kraken now have three years to potentially beat the record. The Vegas Golden Knights won their first Stanley Cup in franchise history in 2023, becoming the fastest expansion team to win the NHL Championship. Two Canadian teams, the Toronto Maple Leafs (+1000) and Edmonton Oilers (+1050), round out the top-three favorites.

: The Colorado Avalanche have opened as +800 betting favorites to win the Stanley Cup in 2024.

Carolina became the second-favorite to win the Cup at FanDuel and DraftKings, but other sportsbooks such as BetMGM still list them as +1200 longshots.

The Hurricanes were big players in NHL Free Agency, signing Dmitry Orlov and Michael Bunting.

The B’s initially opened as a top-five favorite to win the Cup.

The Bruins Stanley Cup odds have faded to +1480 following news that Patrice Bergeron and David Krejci are retiring.

The Bolts’ Cup odds have lengthened from +1700 to +1900 as a result.

The Lightning have been dealt a tough blow ahead of the new season, as goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy will miss the first two months of the regular season following a surgical procedure.

The reigning Cup champs, the Vegas Golden Knights, are back to being a top-five favorite (+1067) after opening the regular season as longshots.

The Avalanche have started pulling away from the pack with updated odds of +767, while the Bruins and Rangers have both surged into the top five.

Here are some more notes on the movement of the top contenders for the 2024 Stanley Cup: Odds as of December 14th, 2023, at FanDuel Sportsbook.

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