2026 NHL Stanley Cup Odds: Carolina Hurricanes Favored

The Florida Panthers won the Stanley Cup in back-to-back years, hoisting the trophy in 2024 and 2025.

Now that the new NHL season has started, should bettors back the Panthers to three-peat or should they have their eyes on a different team to take the crown?

Let’s take a look at the early 2026 Stanley Cup odds at DraftKings Sportsbook as of Oct. 8.

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2025-26 Stanley Cup winner 

Hurricanes: +750 (bet $10 to win $85 total)
Oilers: +800 (bet $10 to win $90 total)
Lightning: +850 (bet $10 to win $95 total)
Golden Knights: +900 (bet $10 to win $100 total)
Avalanche: +900 (bet $10 to win $100 total)
Panthers: +1000 (bet $10 to win $110 total)
Stars: +1000 (bet $10 to win $110 total)
Devils: +1300 (bet $10 to win $140 total)
Maple Leafs: +2000 (bet $10 to win $210 total)
Kings: +2200 (bet $10 to win $230 total)
Jets: +2500 (bet $10 to win $260 total)
Senators: +3000 (bet $10 to win $310 total)
Rangers: +3000 (bet $10 to win $310 total)
Capitals: +3000 (bet $10 to win $310 total)
Wild: +4000 (bet $10 to win $410 total)
Mammoth: +4500 (bet $10 to win $460 total)
Blues: +5000 (bet $10 to win $510 total)
Canadiens: +5000 (bet $10 to win $510 total)
Canucks: +7000 (bet $10 to win $710 total)
Predators: +7000 (bet $10 to win $710 total)
Red Wings: +9000 (bet $10 to win $910 total)
Blue Jackets: +9000 (bet $10 to win $910 total)
Flames: +10000 (bet $10 to win $1,010 total)
Sabres: +10000 (bet $10 to win $1,010 total)
Ducks: +10000 (bet $10 to win $1,010 total)
Flyers: +15000 (bet $10 to win $1,510 total)
Islanders: +15000 (bet $10 to win $1,510 total)
Bruins: +15000 (bet $10 to win $1,510 total)
Kraken: +20000 (bet $10 to win $2,010 total)
Penguins: +2000 (bet $10 to win $2,010 total)
Sharks: +50000 (bet $10 to win $5,010 total)
Blackhawks: +50000 (bet $10 to win $5,010 total)

The Carolina Hurricanes (+750) are the favorites, with the Oilers (+800) and the Lightning (+850) not too far behind.

Sixth on the board at +1000 are the Panthers, the reigning champions who lifted the Cup after pulling off a 5-1 win over the Oilers in Game 6. 

Sam Bennett, who led the league last postseason with 15 goals — including five in the Cup Final — became the first player in Panthers’ history to win the Conn Smythe Trophy. Oilers’ Connor McDavid won it last year.

The last team to win back-to-back titles before Florida was Tampa Bay in 2020 and 2021. 

A team has not three-peated the Stanley Cup since the Islanders won four straight from 1980-1983. 

At the very bottom sit the San Jose Sharks and Chicago Blackhawks, who both have +50000 odds to win the Cup.

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