2023 NHL Stanley Cup Final Betting Online
The Vegas Golden Knights won their first Stanley Cup by defeating the Florida Panthers in five games in the 2023 Stanley Cup Finals. Vegas became the first debutante winner since St. Louis lifted the award in 2019, and now there are just 11 teams in the league that have not won a title. Sadly, three of those teams are Canadian as the Great White North continues to suffer from a long drought in their favorite sport.
Surprisingly, we have seen teams from south of the Mason Dixon Line perform very well in recent years, especially compared to their Northern counterparts. While a Canadian team hasn’t lifted the Stanley Cup since the Montreal Canadiens did it in 1993, teams from the American South and Southwest have performed much better than expected. A team from Florida has played in four straight Stanley Cup Finals, and at least one team from south of the Mason Dixon Line has taken part in the finals since 2014.
That being said, many of the favorites to win the 2023-24 Stanley Cup are north of that line. Boston will be one of the teams to beat after putting together the best regular season in league history last season, and both Toronto and Edmonton have strong teams that could end Canada’s drought.
NHL Betting Lines
2023 NHL Stanley Cup Final
1 Vegas Golden Knights vs. WC2 Florida Panthers
VGK Wins 4-1
| GAME/LOCATION |
DATE / TIME (ET) |
SCORE |
| Game 1 (at Vegas) |
6/3 |
VGK 5, FLA 2 |
| Game 2 (at Vegas) |
6/5 |
VGK 7, FLA 2 |
| Game 3 (at Florida) |
6/8 |
FLA 3, VGK 2 (OT) |
| Game 4 (at Florida) |
6/10 |
FLA 2, VGK 3 |
| Game 5 (at Vegas) |
6/13 |
VGK 9, FLA 3 |
NHL Stanley Cup Winners (2000)
| YEAR |
WINNER |
RUNNER UP |
| 2023 |
Vegas Golden Knights |
Florida Panthers |
| 2022 |
Colorado Avalanche |
Tampa Bay Lightning |
| 2021 |
Tampa Bay Lightning |
Montreal Canadiens |
| 2020 |
Tampa Bay Lightning |
Dallas Stars |
| 2019 |
St. Louis Blues |
Boston Bruins |
| 2018 |
Washington Capitals |
Vegas Golden Knights |
| 2017 |
Pittsburgh Penguins |
Nashville Predators |
| 2016 |
Pittsburgh Penguins |
San Jose Sharks |
| 2015 |
Chicago Blackhawks |
Tampa Bay Lightning |
| 2014 |
Los Angeles Kings |
New York Rangers |
| 2013 |
Chicago Blackhawks |
Boston Bruins |
| 2012 |
Los Angeles Kings |
New Jersey Devils |
| 2011 |
Boston Bruins |
Vancouver Canucks |
| 2010 |
Chicago Blackhawks |
Philadelphia Flyers |
| 2009 |
Pittsburgh Penguins |
Detroit Red Wings |
| 2008 |
Detroit Red Wings |
Pittsburgh Penguins |
| 2007 |
Anaheim Ducks |
Ottawa Senators |
| 2006 |
Carolina Hurricanes |
Edmonton Oilers |
| 2005 |
N/A |
N/A |
| 2004 |
Tampa Bay Lightning |
Calgary Flames |
| 2003 |
New Jersey Devils |
Anaheim Ducks |
| 2002 |
Detroit Red Wings |
Carolina Hurricanes |
| 2001 |
Colorado Avalanche |
New Jersey Devils |
| 2000 |
New Jersey Devils |
Dallas Stars |
The Stanley Cup was originally a Challenge Cup rather than a cup awarded at the end of a particular season or series. The first winners were the Montreal Hockey Club in 1893, and they "defended" their Cup in 1894 against Ottawa HC. The Cup changed hands periodically, including multiple times in several years. It wasn't until 1915 that the Stanley Cup became an official "League vs. League" championship series, the first of which was won by the PCHA's Vancouver Millionaires. The Montreal Canadiens won their first Stanley Cup in 1916, becoming the first NHA team to win it in this format.
In 1927, the NHL became the sole holder of the Stanley Cup, and the idea of different leagues "challenging" the NHL went out the window once and for all.
The format of the Stanley Cup Finals hasn't always been the best-of-seven series we're used to today. In the 1920s, this was a "first to two wins" format, though it switched to best-of-five in the 1930s. In 1939, the Boston Bruins won the first-ever best-of-seven Stanley Cup Finals by beating the Maple Leafs, and that format has remained the same ever since.
NHL Stanley Cup Results By Team
| TEAM |
CHAMPIONSHIPS |
LAST |
| Montreal Canadiens |
24 |
1993 |
| Toronto Maple Leafs |
13 |
1967 |
| Detroit Red Wings |
11 |
2008 |
| Boston Bruins |
6 |
2011 |
| Chicago Blackhawks |
6 |
2015 |
| Edmonton Oilers |
5 |
1990 |
| Pittsburgh Penguins |
5 |
2017 |
| New York Rangers |
4 |
1994 |
| Colorado Avalanche |
3 |
2022 |
| Tampa Bay Lightning |
3 |
2021 |
| New York Islanders |
3 |
1983 |
| New Jersey Devils |
3 |
2003 |
| Philadelphia Flyers |
2 |
1975 |
| Los Angeles Kings |
2 |
2014 |
| Vegas Golden Knights |
1 |
2023 |
| Washington Capitals |
1 |
2018 |
| Dallas Stars |
1 |
1999 |
| Calgary Flames |
1 |
1989 |
| Anaheim Ducks |
1 |
2007 |
| Carolina Hurricanes |
1 |
2006 |
| St. Louis Blues |
1 |
2019 |
| Vancouver Canucks |
0 |
--- |
| Buffalo Sabres |
0 |
--- |
| Florida Panthers |
0 |
--- |
| Ottawa Senators |
0 |
--- |
| San Jose Sharks |
0 |
--- |
| Columbus Blue Jackets |
0 |
--- |
| Minnesota Wild |
0 |
--- |
| Nashville Predators |
0 |
--- |
| Arizona Coyotes |
0 |
--- |
| Winnipeg Jets |
0 |
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NHL franchises have had some odd histories for sure, and that makes this chart a little skewed if you're a hockey history buff. The Ottawa Senators, for example, have won the Stanley Cup in the past. But the team that won the Cup in the 1920s folded before the advent of the new Ottawa Senators, who have only been to the Stanley Cup Finals once and have never won it.
Not surprisingly, there's a massive monopoly on the Stanley Cup, as Montreal, Toronto and Detroit have won 48 Cups between them, while no one else in the NHL has hoisted Lord Stanley's trophy more than six times. Is the field catching up? Sure.
Chicago, for example, has won three Cups since 2010 and looks poised for more in the near future, while Pittsburgh has won it four times since 2008, including becoming the first team to win back-to-back Stanley Cups since the 1997 and 1998 Detroit Red Wings in 2016 and 2017. With the parity in hockey though, it's becoming tougher and tougher to go on a huge run like we saw out of the Canadiens in the 1960s and 1970 or the Maple Leafs in the 1930s and 1940s.
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