Welcome to Game 3 of the 2026 Stanley Cup Final between the Carolina Hurricanes and Vegas Golden Knights from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
The best-of-7 series is tied after two games, and NHL.com Editor-in-Chief Bill Price is in Las Vegas to provide all the sights, sounds and highlights.
7:30 p.m. ET
Good evening, or in my case, afternoon from Las Vegas. With the 8 p.m. ET start, we drop the puck here at 5 p.m., so I will likely be confused all night with the time stamps.
We are a little over an hour from puck drop and this place is nuts. And this place is hot.
There was a big crowd outside the arena at Toshiba Plaza getting ready for the game at the Illenium concert. I even spotted a man wearing a Stanley Cup on his head.
