Vegas Golden Knights vs Colorado Avalanche
Playoffs · Wednesday, May 20, 2026 · Ball Arena
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Game summary
The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-2 on Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at Ball Arena. The Avalanche outshot the Golden Knights 38-28.
Goals came from Dylan Coghlan, Pavel Dorofeyev, Brett Howden, Valeri Nichushkin, Gabriel Landeskog and Nic Dowd.
Carter Hart made 36 saves on 38 shots for the win; Scott Wedgewood stopped 24 of 27.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Dylan Coghlan (1)Brandon Saad (2), Colton Sissons (4)1–012:29 VGK
Pavel Dorofeyev (10)Mitch Marner (12), Tomas Hertl (5)2–015:02 VGK · PPG
3rd period
Brett Howden (9)Ben Hutton (1)Necas 1:34 into shift3–001:34 VGK
Valeri Nichushkin (2)Ross Colton (3)3–105:53 COL
Gabriel Landeskog (4)Nathan MacKinnon (7), Devon Toews (7)McNabb 1:01 into shift3–217:39 COL · PPG
Nic Dowd (3)Jack Eichel (15), Rasmus Andersson (4)4–219:15 VGK · EN
Tired legs
Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.
3–0 · 3rd 1:34 · Howden. Necas was 1:34 into his shift when it went in.
1–0 VGK
2nd 12:29 · Coghlan
Nelson 0:16
2–0 VGK
2nd 15:02 · PP · Dorofeyev
Toews 0:46
3–0 VGK
3rd 1:34 · Howden
Stuck out there: Necas 1:34
3–1 COL
3rd 5:53 · Nichushkin
Eichel 0:44
3–2 COL
3rd 17:39 · Landeskog
Long shift: McNabb 1:01
4–2 VGK
3rd 19:15 · EN · Dowd
Kadri 1:17
Hover or tap a bar for the skater.
1.9×
Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).
30%
of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.
Team stats
Penalties
- 1st 09:02
Brent Burns · hooking2 min - 1st 19:09
Ivan Barbashev · holding2 min - 2nd 14:16Ross Colton · roughing2 min
- 2nd 19:24Ben Hutton · tripping2 min
- 3rd 16:52Shea Theodore · high sticking2 min
Season series
Vegas Golden Knights
| 9Jack EichelC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:32 |
| 10Colton SissonsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:28 |
| 16Pavel DorofeyevR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 14:21 |
| 20Brandon SaadL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 08:10 |
| 21Brett HowdenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 18:11 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:18 |
| 48Tomas HertlC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:45 |
| 93Mitch MarnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 21:35 |
| 4Rasmus AnderssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 23:32 |
| 17Ben HuttonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:01 |
| 52Dylan CoghlanD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 08:13 |
| 22Cole SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:56 |
| 49Ivan BarbashevL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:25 |
| 55Keegan KolesarR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:02 |
| 71William KarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:11 |
| 3Brayden McNabbD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 25:42 |
| 15Noah HanifinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 23:29 |
| 27Shea TheodoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | 27:22 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Adin HillG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 79Carter HartG | W | 38 | 36 | 2 | .947 | 60:00 |
Colorado Avalanche
| 13Valeri NichushkinR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 13:39 |
| 20Ross ColtonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 09:55 |
| 29Nathan MacKinnonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 21:32 |
| 92Gabriel LandeskogL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 21:21 |
| 7Devon ToewsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 27:32 |
| 10Nicolas RoyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 12:40 |
| 11Brock NelsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 4 | 18:15 |
| 17Parker KellyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:57 |
| 18Jack DruryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:55 |
| 25Logan O'ConnorR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:16 |
| 62Artturi LehkonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:42 |
| 88Martin NecasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 23:41 |
| 91Nazem KadriC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 19:26 |
| 15Jack AhcanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 07:34 |
| 27Brett KulakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 23:06 |
| 42Josh MansonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 19:02 |
| 70Sam MalinskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:31 |
| 84Brent BurnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:55 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39Mackenzie BlackwoodG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 41Scott WedgewoodG | L | 27 | 24 | 3 | .889 | 57:15 |