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Colorado Avalanche at Vegas Golden Knights, Postseason

Postseason

NHLMay 26, 2026T-Mobile Arena

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Avalanche 1, Golden Knights 2

Final
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Score by period
Team123T
COL0011
VGK1012

Scoring

Play-by-play

In order

1st

  1. 0:00Start of 1st Period
  2. 0:00Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Jack Eichel
  3. 0:16Icing
  4. 0:16Jack Eichel faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  5. 0:52Nazem Kadri Tip-In Wide Right
  6. 1:01Sam Malinski shot blocked by Ivan Barbashev
  7. 1:43Josh Manson shot blocked by Mark Stone
  8. 2:16Nic Dowd Tip-In Wide Right
  9. 2:18Nic Dowd Wrist Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  10. 2:20Goalie Stopped
  11. 2:20Jack Drury faceoff won against Nic Dowd
  12. 2:25Puck in Benches
  13. 2:25Nic Dowd faceoff won against Jack Drury
  14. 2:32On-Ice Official
  15. 2:32Nic Dowd faceoff won against Jack Drury
  16. 2:58Parker Kelly hit Kaedan Korczak
  17. 3:03Takeaway by Sam Malinski
  18. 3:28Shea Theodore shot blocked by Ivan Barbashev
  19. 3:42Cale Makar Slap Shot saved by Carter Hart
  20. 3:44Goalie Stopped
  21. 3:44William Karlsson faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  22. 3:53William Karlsson Wrist Shot Above Crossbar
  23. 4:42Mark Stone Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: Brayden McNabb (3), Shea Theodore (7)
  24. 4:42Brock Nelson faceoff won against Colton Sissons
  25. 5:12Tomas Hertl hit Ross Colton
  26. 5:57Nic Dowd hit Sam Malinski
  27. 6:11Cole Smith hit Sam Malinski
  28. 6:41Ivan Barbashev hit Sam Malinski
  29. 7:13Brett Howden hit Brock Nelson
  30. 7:30High Stick
  31. 7:30Brett Howden faceoff won against Nicolas Roy
  32. 7:46Giveaway by Brett Howden
  33. 8:06Ross Colton hit Noah Hanifin
  34. 8:37Off-side
  35. 8:37Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Colton Sissons
  36. 8:41Giveaway by Artturi Lehkonen
  37. 8:48Giveaway by Colton Sissons
  38. 8:54Off-side
  39. 8:54Jack Drury faceoff won against Nic Dowd
  40. 9:01Giveaway by Joel Kiviranta
  41. 9:15Icing
  42. 9:15Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Nic Dowd
  43. 9:16Gabriel Landeskog Wrist Shot saved by Carter Hart
  44. 9:20Keegan Kolesar hit Josh Manson
  45. 9:31Cole Smith hit Nathan MacKinnon
  46. 9:32Brent Burns Snap Shot Wide Left
  47. 9:35Josh Manson hit Keegan Kolesar
  48. 9:57Cale Makar shot blocked by Pavel Dorofeyev
  49. 10:32Pavel Dorofeyev shot blocked by Devon Toews
  50. 10:42Nazem Kadri hit Pavel Dorofeyev
  51. 11:01Mitch Marner shot blocked by Cale Makar
  52. 11:08Giveaway by Brett Howden
  53. 11:19Noah Hanifin Wrist Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  54. 11:49Parker Kelly Wrist Shot saved by Carter Hart
  55. 11:53Puck in Crowd
  56. 11:53Gabriel Landeskog faceoff won against Colton Sissons
  57. 11:57Nathan MacKinnon shot blocked by Shea Theodore
  58. 11:59Nathan MacKinnon Wrist Shot saved by Carter Hart
  59. 12:09Colton Sissons hit Cale Makar
  60. 12:13Mark Stone hit Nathan MacKinnon
  61. 12:37Off-side
  62. 12:37Brock Nelson faceoff won against Nic Dowd
  63. 12:57Puck Frozen - Goalie
  64. 12:57Jack Eichel faceoff won against Jack Drury
  65. 12:58Pavel Dorofeyev Snap Shot Wide Left
  66. 13:11Dylan Coghlan Wrist Shot Wide Right
  67. 13:18Parker Kelly hit Kaedan Korczak
  68. 13:30Dylan Coghlan Slap Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  69. 13:32Goalie Stopped
  70. 13:32William Karlsson faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  71. 13:34Rasmus Andersson Slap Shot Wide Left
  72. 13:51Brock Nelson Wrist Shot saved by Carter Hart
  73. 13:53Goalie Stopped
  74. 13:53Tomas Hertl faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  75. 14:09Cale Makar Wrist Shot saved by Carter Hart
  76. 14:26Giveaway by Brayden McNabb
  77. 14:28Devon Toews shot blocked by Artturi Lehkonen
  78. 14:51Cole Smith Wrist Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  79. 14:53Goalie Stopped
  80. 14:53Nicolas Roy faceoff won against Jack Eichel
  81. 15:08Icing
  82. 15:08Jack Eichel faceoff won against Nicolas Roy
  83. 15:27Giveaway by Noah Hanifin
  84. 15:27Ross Colton Wrist Shot saved by Carter Hart
  85. 15:31Jack Eichel hit Nicolas Roy
  86. 15:36Brent Burns hit Pavel Dorofeyev
  87. 15:40William Karlsson Batted saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  88. 15:43Goalie Stopped
  89. 15:43William Karlsson faceoff won against Jack Drury
  90. 15:47William Karlsson Tip-In Wide Left
  91. 15:52Brett Howden hit Jack Drury
  92. 16:13Giveaway by Kaedan Korczak
  93. 16:13Joel Kiviranta hit Kaedan Korczak
  94. 17:29Devon Toews Wrist Shot saved by Carter Hart
  95. 17:32Puck in Crowd
  96. 17:32William Karlsson faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  97. 17:45Giveaway by Brent Burns
  98. 17:54Mitch Marner Wrist Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  99. 18:02Artturi Lehkonen shot blocked by Rasmus Andersson
  100. 18:41Nicolas Roy hit Nic Dowd
  101. 18:50Cole Smith Tip-In Short
  102. 18:51Cole Smith Wrist Shot Wide Left
  103. 18:56Josh Manson Hooking against Keegan Kolesar
  104. 18:56Brock Nelson faceoff won against Tomas Hertl
  105. 19:31Puck in Netting
  106. 19:31Jack Eichel faceoff won against Jack Drury
  107. 19:34Mitch Marner Wrist Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  108. 19:50Tomas Hertl Wrist Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  109. 19:51Goalie Stopped
  110. 19:51Jack Eichel faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  111. 19:52Pavel Dorofeyev shot blocked by Logan O'Connor
  112. 20:00End of 1st Period

2nd

  1. 0:00Start of 2nd Period
  2. 0:00Brock Nelson faceoff won against Tomas Hertl
  3. 0:07Logan O'Connor shot blocked by Mitch Marner
  4. 0:09Puck in Netting
  5. 0:09Jack Eichel faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  6. 0:53Pavel Dorofeyev Tip-In High and Wide Right
  7. 1:14Giveaway by Brent Burns
  8. 1:18Puck in Crowd
  9. 1:18Gabriel Landeskog faceoff won against William Karlsson
  10. 1:28Icing
  11. 1:28Gabriel Landeskog faceoff won against William Karlsson
  12. 1:29Nathan MacKinnon Wrist Shot Wide Right
  13. 1:36Cale Makar Wrist Shot saved by Carter Hart
  14. 1:39Goalie Stopped
  15. 1:39Gabriel Landeskog faceoff won against Colton Sissons
  16. 1:41Devon Toews Wrist Shot saved by Carter Hart
  17. 1:43Goalie Stopped
  18. 1:43Colton Sissons faceoff won against Gabriel Landeskog
  19. 1:48Giveaway by Brayden McNabb
  20. 2:30Giveaway by Nathan MacKinnon
  21. 2:30Brayden McNabb hit Nathan MacKinnon
  22. 2:36Giveaway by Nathan MacKinnon
  23. 2:51Cole Smith Hooking against Josh Manson
  24. 2:51Jack Eichel faceoff won against Gabriel Landeskog
  25. 3:11Noah Hanifin hit Martin Necas
  26. 3:29Nathan MacKinnon Wrist Shot Above Crossbar
  27. 3:46Takeaway by Mitch Marner
  28. 4:35Brock Nelson Slap Shot saved by Carter Hart
  29. 4:53Brock Nelson Wrist Shot saved by Carter Hart
  30. 5:02Nicolas Roy Wrist Shot saved by Carter Hart
  31. 5:37Parker Kelly Wrist Shot saved by Carter Hart
  32. 5:46Brett Kulak shot blocked by Mitch Marner
  33. 5:57Brett Kulak shot blocked by Pavel Dorofeyev
  34. 6:23Ivan Barbashev Snap Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  35. 6:25Goalie Stopped
  36. 6:25William Karlsson faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  37. 6:28William Karlsson Wrist Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  38. 6:34Giveaway by Artturi Lehkonen
  39. 7:17Ross Colton shot blocked by Shea Theodore
  40. 7:23Giveaway by Logan O'Connor
  41. 8:04Giveaway by Jack Eichel
  42. 8:11Tomas Hertl Backhand saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  43. 8:42Colton Sissons Backhand saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  44. 8:47Cole Smith hit Brock Nelson
  45. 8:51Kaedan Korczak hit Nazem Kadri
  46. 8:53Nic Dowd Snap Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  47. 8:57Mark Stone hit Nazem Kadri
  48. 9:35Jack Drury hit Nic Dowd
  49. 9:43Brett Howden hit Jack Drury
  50. 9:46Off-side
  51. 9:46Jack Drury faceoff won against William Karlsson
  52. 9:51Giveaway by Parker Kelly
  53. 10:07Parker Kelly hit Noah Hanifin
  54. 10:18Giveaway by Joel Kiviranta
  55. 10:23Icing
  56. 10:23William Karlsson faceoff won against Gabriel Landeskog
  57. 10:30Brett Howden Wrist Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  58. 10:45Giveaway by Nathan MacKinnon
  59. 11:04Ivan Barbashev hit Nathan MacKinnon
  60. 11:22Pavel Dorofeyev shot blocked by Josh Manson
  61. 11:24Puck in Netting
  62. 11:24Colton Sissons faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  63. 11:28Mark Stone shot blocked by Brent Burns
  64. 11:56On-Ice Official
  65. 11:56Nazem Kadri faceoff won against William Karlsson
  66. 12:14Brent Burns hit Brett Howden
  67. 12:33Joel Kiviranta hit Dylan Coghlan
  68. 13:07Gabriel Landeskog hit William Karlsson
  69. 13:25Ivan Barbashev hit Devon Toews
  70. 13:32Nathan MacKinnon Wrist Shot Wide Left
  71. 13:38Gabriel Landeskog hit Colton Sissons
  72. 13:43Gabriel Landeskog Cross-checking against Colton Sissons
  73. 13:43Brock Nelson faceoff won against Tomas Hertl
  74. 14:28Pavel Dorofeyev Wrist Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  75. 14:36Mark Stone Tip-In saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  76. 15:03Giveaway by Tomas Hertl
  77. 15:16Jack Eichel Wrist Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  78. 15:22Mitch Marner Backhand Wide Right
  79. 15:29Pavel Dorofeyev Wrist Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  80. 15:31Goalie Stopped
  81. 15:31Brock Nelson faceoff won against William Karlsson
  82. 15:39Noah Hanifin Snap Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  83. 15:49Icing
  84. 15:49William Karlsson faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  85. 15:55Ivan Barbashev Deflected Wide Right
  86. 16:05Icing
  87. 16:05Jack Eichel faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  88. 16:22Shea Theodore shot blocked by Gabriel Landeskog
  89. 16:42Josh Manson hit Jack Eichel
  90. 17:13Giveaway by Shea Theodore
  91. 17:16Nazem Kadri Tip-In Above Crossbar
  92. 17:19Puck in Crowd
  93. 17:19William Karlsson faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  94. 17:30Giveaway by William Karlsson
  95. 17:42Takeaway by Rasmus Andersson
  96. 18:38Brent Burns shot blocked by Colton Sissons
  97. 18:50Giveaway by Josh Manson
  98. 18:54Brayden McNabb shot blocked by Brent Burns
  99. 18:56Pavel Dorofeyev Tip-In Above Crossbar
  100. 18:59Brock Nelson hit Brayden McNabb
  101. 19:17Icing
  102. 19:17Jack Eichel faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  103. 19:30Takeaway by Devon Toews
  104. 19:46Devon Toews Wrist Shot Wide Right
  105. 19:47Cale Makar shot blocked by Jack Eichel
  106. 20:00End of 2nd Period

3rd

  1. 0:00Start of 3rd Period
  2. 0:00Jack Eichel faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  3. 0:40Ivan Barbashev hit Nathan MacKinnon
  4. 0:48Mitch Marner hit Sam Malinski
  5. 0:56Noah Hanifin hit Artturi Lehkonen
  6. 1:12Brett Kulak hit Mark Stone
  7. 1:18Mark Stone hit Sam Malinski
  8. 1:20Off-side
  9. 1:20Tomas Hertl faceoff won against Nicolas Roy
  10. 1:29Josh Manson hit Tomas Hertl
  11. 1:30Colton Sissons Backhand Wide Right
  12. 1:34Joel Kiviranta hit Kaedan Korczak
  13. 1:37Josh Manson hit Tomas Hertl
  14. 1:54Kaedan Korczak hit Nazem Kadri
  15. 3:05Cale Makar Wrist Shot saved by Carter Hart
  16. 3:11Giveaway by Pavel Dorofeyev
  17. 3:33Martin Necas hit Shea Theodore
  18. 3:47Mitch Marner shot blocked by Devon Toews
  19. 3:50Puck in Netting
  20. 3:50William Karlsson faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  21. 3:59Josh Manson hit Brett Howden
  22. 4:04William Karlsson Wrist Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  23. 4:13William Karlsson Wrist Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  24. 4:14William Karlsson Snap Shot Wide Right
  25. 4:38Takeaway by Colton Sissons
  26. 4:45Tomas Hertl Wrist Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  27. 4:50Tomas Hertl shot blocked by Sam Malinski
  28. 4:58Noah Hanifin Wrist Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  29. 4:58Brett Kulak hit Colton Sissons
  30. 5:00Goalie Stopped
  31. 5:00Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Ivan Barbashev
  32. 6:13Keegan Kolesar shot blocked by Sam Malinski
  33. 6:34Giveaway by Brett Kulak
  34. 6:35Rasmus Andersson shot blocked by Keegan Kolesar
  35. 7:06Giveaway by Brayden McNabb
  36. 7:06Cale Makar shot blocked by Colton Sissons
  37. 7:33Nazem Kadri hit Tomas Hertl
  38. 7:42Puck Frozen - Skater
  39. 7:42Gabriel Landeskog faceoff won against William Karlsson
  40. 7:51Gabriel Landeskog hit Shea Theodore
  41. 8:07Brett Howden hit Cale Makar
  42. 8:37Icing
  43. 8:37Brock Nelson faceoff won against Jack Eichel
  44. 8:39Brent Burns shot blocked by Ivan Barbashev
  45. 8:42Puck in Netting
  46. 8:42Colton Sissons faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  47. 9:04Noah Hanifin Snap Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  48. 9:56Dylan Coghlan Wrist Shot Wide Right
  49. 10:06Colton Sissons hit Nicolas Roy
  50. 10:10Dylan Coghlan Slap Shot Wide Left
  51. 10:21Brett Howden hit Josh Manson
  52. 10:29Brett Howden hit Gabriel Landeskog
  53. 10:38Josh Manson hit Brett Howden
  54. 11:05Giveaway by Gabriel Landeskog
  55. 11:36Devon Toews Wrist Shot saved by Carter Hart
  56. 12:01Puck in Benches
  57. 12:01Colton Sissons faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  58. 12:26Artturi Lehkonen Deflected saved by Carter Hart
  59. 12:55Giveaway by Mackenzie Blackwood
  60. 13:55Ross Colton hit Mark Stone
  61. 14:05Nic Dowd Tip-In Wide Left
  62. 14:10Josh Manson hit Keegan Kolesar
  63. 14:15Cole Smith Goal (3) Tip-In, assists: Dylan Coghlan (2), Nic Dowd (1)
  64. 14:15Jack Drury faceoff won against Jack Eichel
  65. 14:25Giveaway by Noah Hanifin
  66. 14:25Giveaway by Parker Kelly
  67. 14:38Jack Eichel hit Jack Drury
  68. 14:58Martin Necas shot blocked by Brayden McNabb
  69. 15:34Sam Malinski Slap Shot saved by Carter Hart
  70. 15:51Keegan Kolesar shot blocked by Brock Nelson
  71. 16:01Sam Malinski Wrist Shot saved by Carter Hart
  72. 16:05Brent Burns hit Tomas Hertl
  73. 17:57Gabriel Landeskog Goal (6) Tip-In, assists: Martin Necas (12), Nazem Kadri (6)
  74. 17:57Brock Nelson faceoff won against William Karlsson
  75. 18:26Martin Necas Snap Shot Wide Left
  76. 18:40Nathan MacKinnon Slap Shot saved by Carter Hart
  77. 18:43Nathan MacKinnon hit Noah Hanifin
  78. 18:49Brett Howden Backhand Wide Left
  79. 18:53Icing
  80. 18:53Jack Eichel faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  81. 19:00Icing
  82. 19:00Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Jack Eichel
  83. 19:46Giveaway by Jack Eichel
  84. 20:00End of 3rd Period
  85. 20:00Game End

1st

  1. 4:42COL 0, VGK 1Mark Stone Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: Brayden McNabb (3), Shea Theodore (7)

3rd

  1. 14:15COL 0, VGK 2Cole Smith Goal (3) Tip-In, assists: Dylan Coghlan (2), Nic Dowd (1)
  2. 17:57COL 1, VGK 2Gabriel Landeskog Goal (6) Tip-In, assists: Martin Necas (12), Nazem Kadri (6)

Game leaders

AvalancheColorado

Golden KnightsVegas

Box score

ForwardsGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOIFO%SFLFWGVPNSMTKSHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Gabriel Landeskog LW101031219:4862.5235110024618:351:130:00
Artturi Lehkonen LW000000017:300.0100200022316:080:470:35
Brock Nelson C000011019:1844.43108000024216:320:402:06
Jack Drury C000010010:2444.405400001439:450:000:39
Joel Kiviranta LW000030010:150.000020001308:590:001:16
Logan O'Connor RW00-1001011:050.000010001519:360:001:29
Martin Necas C011010020:060.0000001020118:151:510:00
Nathan MacKinnon C001010022:1038.5285303023720:511:190:00
Nazem Kadri C010020018:42100.0001002020317:221:200:00
Nicolas Roy C00-2010011:3925.0131000014311:300:090:00
Parker Kelly C000030011:480.020020001729:530:001:55
Ross Colton C00-102008:500.010000001328:500:000:00
DefenseGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOISFLFWGVPNSMTKFO%SHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Brent Burns D000032018:3900020100.024016:110:341:54
Brett Kulak D00-1020016:3700010000.020116:070:000:30
Cale Makar D000001027:3040000000.028424:101:261:54
Devon Toews D00-1002024:3130000110.026220:200:413:30
Josh Manson D00-1071214:5800011000.021014:460:000:12
Sam Malinski D000002014:1620000010.017114:160:000:00
GoaliesSAGASVSV%TOIPIMSOSESSVPPSVSHSVSOSAYTDG
Mackenzie Blackwood G26224.92357:5400177000

Video

1:20Golden Knights hold off Avs to complete sweep, advance to Stanley Cup Final1:00Cole Smith doubles Golden Knights' lead late in 3rd period0:37Mark Stone lights the lamp first for the Golden Knights0:34Mackenzie Blackwood comes up with two incredible saves in 2nd vs. Golden Knights

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