Colorado Avalanche vs Vegas Golden Knights

Playoffs · Sunday, May 24, 2026 · T-Mobile Arena

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Final

SOG 35–23

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Game summary

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Colorado Avalanche 5-3 on Sunday, May 24, 2026 at T-Mobile Arena. The Avalanche outshot the Golden Knights 35-23.

Goals came from Gabriel Landeskog, Nazem Kadri, Jack Drury, Mark Stone, William Karlsson, Keegan Kolesar, Tomas Hertl and Brett Howden.

Carter Hart made 32 saves on 35 shots for the win; Scott Wedgewood stopped 18 of 22.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
COL	3	0	0	3	35
VGK	0	3	2	5	23

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Gabriel Landeskog (5)Devon Toews (8), Nathan MacKinnon (8)Hanifin 1:11 into shift1–003:21 COL
Nazem Kadri (3)Martin Necas (11), Josh Manson (3)2–007:03 COL
Jack Drury (3)Parker Kelly (2), Devon Toews (9)Eichel 3:05 into shift3–013:15 COL · SHG

2nd period

Mark Stone (4)Mitch Marner (13), Tomas Hertl (6)3–100:19 VGK · PPG
William Karlsson (1)Mitch Marner (14)3–204:05 VGK
Keegan Kolesar (1)Dylan Coghlan (1), Kaedan Korczak (2)3–312:46 VGK

3rd period

Tomas Hertl (3)Mark Stone (5), Kaedan Korczak (3)3–408:21 VGK
Brett Howden (10)William Karlsson (4), Shea Theodore (6)3–519:01 VGK · EN

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

3:05

3–0 · 1st 13:15 · Drury. Eichel was 3:05 into his shift when it went in.

GoalCOL on iceVGK on iceDefenders’ longest

1–0 COL

1st 3:21 · Landeskog

Long shift: Hanifin 1:11

Long shiftHanifin 1:11

2–0 COL

1st 7:03 · Kadri

Smith 0:40

NormalSmith 0:40

3–0 COL

1st 13:15 · SH · Drury

Stuck out there: Eichel 3:05

Stuck out thereEichel 3:05

3–1 VGK

2nd 0:19 · PP · Stone

Manson 0:19

Fresh legsManson 0:19

3–2 VGK

2nd 4:05 · Karlsson

Kulak 0:13

Fresh legsKulak 0:13

3–3 VGK

2nd 12:46 · Kolesar

Burns 0:31

Fresh legsBurns 0:31

3–4 VGK

3rd 8:21 · Hertl

Kelly 0:37

Fresh legsKelly 0:37

3–5 VGK

3rd 19:01 · EN · Howden

Necas 1:02

Empty netNecas 1:02

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).

3.9%

5.8%

6.5%

7.1%

7.3%

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

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

COLVGK

35Shots on goal23

45%Faceoff %55%

0/4Power play1/3

18Penalty minutes10

17Hits34

11Blocked shots22

19Giveaways18

3Takeaways4

Penalties

1st 09:31Cole Smith · tripping2 min
1st 11:28Nazem Kadri · high sticking2 min
1st 17:09Rasmus Andersson · hooking2 min
1st 19:19Brock Nelson · tripping2 min
2nd 05:28Brent Burns · cross checking2 min
2nd 08:03Cole Smith · high sticking2 min
3rd 02:14Mark Stone · slashing2 min
3rd 02:14Ross Colton · roughing2 min
3rd 09:54Mitch Marner · tripping2 min
3rd 19:20Ross Colton · misconduct10 min

Season series

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters

7Devon ToewsD	0	2	2	+1	2	0	0	0	–	23:14
17Parker KellyC	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	0	–	12:52
18Jack DruryC	1	0	1	-1	1	1	0	0	36	11:04
29Nathan MacKinnonC	0	1	1	-1	5	2	1	0	60	18:02
88Martin NecasC	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	–	21:18
91Nazem KadriC	1	0	1	+1	3	1	0	2	–	19:19
92Gabriel LandeskogL	1	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	43	24:04
42Josh MansonD	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	–	16:20
10Nicolas RoyC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	36	11:17
11Brock NelsonC	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	2	57	19:02
13Valeri NichushkinR	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	0	–	08:34
20Ross ColtonC	0	0	0	-1	1	4	0	12	–	08:29
25Logan O'ConnorR	0	0	0	-2	2	2	0	0	–	12:02
62Artturi LehkonenL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	17:15
8Cale MakarD	0	0	0	0	3	0	6	0	–	27:14
27Brett KulakD	0	0	0	-2	2	1	1	0	–	15:04
70Sam MalinskiD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	–	12:57
84Brent BurnsD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	2	–	16:38

Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
39Mackenzie BlackwoodG		0	0	0	–	00:00
41Scott WedgewoodG	L	22	18	4	.818	58:15

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters

48Tomas HertlC	1	1	2	0	3	2	0	0	67	13:23
61Mark StoneR	1	1	2	-1	3	4	0	2	–	15:45
71William KarlssonC	1	1	2	+3	2	0	1	0	50	17:22
93Mitch MarnerR	0	2	2	0	2	1	0	2	–	23:59
6Kaedan KorczakD	0	2	2	+2	0	1	1	0	–	09:38
21Brett HowdenC	1	0	1	+2	2	4	0	0	40	17:03
55Keegan KolesarR	1	0	1	+1	1	3	1	0	–	05:19
27Shea TheodoreD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	0	–	23:32
52Dylan CoghlanD	0	1	1	+2	3	1	2	0	–	11:04
9Jack EichelC	0	0	0	-2	1	1	2	0	53	23:02
10Colton SissonsC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	78	12:27
16Pavel DorofeyevR	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	–	17:09
22Cole SmithR	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	–	06:08
26Nic DowdC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	43	10:20
49Ivan BarbashevL	0	0	0	-1	0	5	1	0	100	15:57
3Brayden McNabbD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	3	0	–	23:45
4Rasmus AnderssonD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	4	2	–	21:06
15Noah HanifinD	0	0	0	-1	2	3	5	0	–	23:17

Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
33Adin HillG		0	0	0	–	00:00
79Carter HartG	W	35	32	3	.914	59:44