The Carolina Hurricanes, fresh off winning the Eastern Conference championship on Friday, are sizable favorites to beat the Vegas Golden Knights in the Stanley Cup Final.

The Hurricanes head into the finals having won 12 of their 13 postseason games, the best start to a playoff run since the 1976 Montreal Canadiens captured the cup by going 12-1.

The only game Carolina lost was the opener of the Eastern Conference finals against Montreal, when the Hurricanes were playing for the first time in 12 days. Carolina swept the Ottawa Senators and the Philadelphia Flyers before downing Montreal in five games.

FanDuel lists the Hurricanes as a -162 favorite for the finals. DraftKings has Carolina at -155, and BetRivers puts the Hurricanes at -150.

The Golden Knights are +134 at FanDuel, +130 at DraftKings and +120 at BetRivers.

Vegas needed six games to get past the Utah Mammoth and the Anaheim Ducks before sweeping the Presidents’ Trophy-winning Colorado Avalanche.

For Game 1 on Tuesday in Raleigh, N.C., the Hurricanes are a -155 favorite at BetRivers and DraftKings, and a -152 favorite at FanDuel. All three books have the over-under for total goals at 5.5.

Despite his team being the underdog, Vegas winger Mitch Marner is posted by FanDuel as the favorite to win the Conn Smythe Trophy given to the most valuable player of the postseason. Marner is listed at +180.

Behind Marner on the board are four Carolina players: goalie Frederik Andersen (+250), winger Taylor Hall (+650), center Logan Stankoven (+900) and winger Jackson Blake (+1100). The next Golden Knights player listed is center Jack Eichel (+1900).

–Field Level Media

Randy Arozarena doubled home the winning run with one out in the bottom of the 10th inning as the Seattle Mariners edged the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks 7-6 Friday night.

J.P. Crawford homered twice and Julio Rodriguez and Luke Raley also went deep as the Mariners won their fourth game in a row. Rodriguez went 3-for-5.

Geraldo Perdomo belted a solo shot for the Diamondbacks, who had a five-game winning streak snapped. Perdomo and Gabriel Moreno each had three hits.

With Crawford on second as the automatic runner in the 10th, Juan Morillo (1-2) struck out Rodriguez before intentionally walking Josh Naylor. Arozarena poked a 2-2 slider that was low and away into right-center field to score Crawford with the winning run.

Mariners reliever Cooper Criswell (2-1) pitched a scoreless top of the 10th.

Trailing 6-5, the Diamondbacks tied it with a run off Mariners closer Andres Munoz in the top of the ninth.

Perdomo and Moreno began the ninth with singles, and Nolan Arenado was hit by a pitch to load the bases with no outs. Munoz struck out Ryan Waldschmidt before Ildemaro Vargas grounded out as Perdomo scored.

Crawford led off the bottom of the first with a homer to right off Zac Gallen.

The Mariners added two runs in the third as Crawford drew a two-out walk and Rodriguez followed with a liner just over the left field fence. It was Rodriguez’s ninth homer of May, the most he has hit in a month in his career.

Perdomo led off the fourth with a homer just inside the right field foul pole off George Kirby to pull the Diamondbacks within 3-1.

The Mariners extended their lead to 5-1 in the fifth. Jhonny Pereda led off with a single, and an out later, Crawford went deep to center for his first career multi-homer game.

The Diamondbacks answered in the top of the sixth.

With one out, Corbin Carroll singled to center and Perdomo and Moreno both doubled to left, the latter driving in a pair of runs to make it 5-3. Matt Brash replaced Kirby and walked Adrian Del Castillo and allowed a single to Waldschmidt, loading the bases.

Vargas grounded into a forceout to bring home a run, and Jose Fernandez followed with a bloop single down the right field line to tie it at 5-all.

Raley’s solo shot to right field with one out in the bottom of the inning off reliever Brandon Pfaadt broke the deadlock.

Gallen went five innings and allowed five runs on eight hits with one walk and two strikeouts.

Kirby worked 5 1/3 innings and was charged with four runs on six hits with one walk and four strikeouts.

–Field Level Media

Right-hander Luis Severino exited the Athletics’ Friday game against the New York Yankees in West Sacramento, Calif., due to right arm soreness, and he will undergo tests on Saturday.

Severino, 32, was warming up for the start of the second inning when he suddenly walked to the back of the mound and looked toward the dugout, prompting catcher Shea Langeliers to signal to the dugout. Severino left the game following a brief discussion with a trainer and manager Mark Kotsay.

He was replaced by left-hander Jose Suarez.

After the Athletics’ 8-2 loss, Severino said he had felt shoulder tightness since facing the Los Angeles Angels on May 21, when he struck out a season-high 10 without issuing a walk in seven innings.

“I felt something during my start against the Angels, but this time it got worse with every pitch I threw,” Severino said.

Asked if he might miss next scheduled start, Severino replied, “The biggest (worry) is finding something that keeps me out a long time. We’ll see what the tests say. If the worst-case scenario is I miss one or two starts, I’m happy with that.”

Severino was initially scheduled to start against the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday, but his start was pushed back. The initial reasoning was that the A’s wanted left-handers to start against the Mariners.

Kotsay said after the Friday game, “On Tuesday when he threw his side (session). I was there for it, everything looked great and he said felt good. Wednesday felt good.

“Obviously, when you ramp it up and you go into competition, you just don’t know how it’s going to respond. After the first inning, when he went out to warm up, he felt like it was still tight and couldn’t get loose and we made a decision to shut him down.”

Severino gave up four runs — all unearned — in the first inning due to a throwing error by first baseman Nick Kurtz. Aaron Judge had an RBI single, and Paul Goldschmidt drilled a three-run homer. New York led the rest of the way, so Severino was tagged with the loss.

Severino pitched for the Yankees from 2015-23, and the right-hander had been treated rudely by his former teammates entering Friday, compiling an 0-2 record and a 10.66 ERA in three starts. He is in his second season with the Athletics after spending 2024 with the New York Mets.

Through 12 starts this year, Severino is 2-6 with a 4.16 ERA.

–Field Level Media