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Colorado Avalanche at Vegas Golden Knights

T-Mobile Arena, Paradise Playoffs Final

Final score

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Colorado Avalanche 5–3 on Sunday, May 24, 2026 at home.

Team Goals 2025-2026 record
Colorado Avalanche 3 55-16-11
at Vegas Golden Knights 5 39-26-17

Goals by period

Team Total
Colorado Avalanche 3 0 0 3
Vegas Golden Knights 0 3 2 5

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Colorado Avalanche 16 12 7 35
Vegas Golden Knights 7 8 8 23

Three stars

  1. T. Hertl, Vegas Golden Knights (1 goal, 1 assist)
  2. M. Stone, Vegas Golden Knights (1 goal, 1 assist)
  3. M. Marner, Vegas Golden Knights (2 assists)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 03:21 Colorado Avalanche Gabriel Landeskog (5) Devon Toews (8), Nathan MacKinnon (8) Even strength COL 1, VGK 0
1st 07:03 Colorado Avalanche Nazem Kadri (3) Martin Necas (11), Josh Manson (3) Even strength COL 2, VGK 0
1st 13:15 Colorado Avalanche Jack Drury (3) Parker Kelly (2), Devon Toews (9) Shorthanded COL 3, VGK 0
2nd 00:19 Vegas Golden Knights Mark Stone (4) Mitch Marner (13), Tomas Hertl (6) Power play COL 3, VGK 1
2nd 04:05 Vegas Golden Knights William Karlsson (1) Mitch Marner (14) Even strength COL 3, VGK 2
2nd 12:46 Vegas Golden Knights Keegan Kolesar (1) Dylan Coghlan (1), Kaedan Korczak (2) Even strength COL 3, VGK 3
3rd 08:21 Vegas Golden Knights Tomas Hertl (3) Mark Stone (5), Kaedan Korczak (3) Even strength COL 3, VGK 4
3rd 19:01 Vegas Golden Knights Brett Howden (10) William Karlsson (4), Shea Theodore (6) Even strength, Empty net COL 3, VGK 5

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Stat Colorado Avalanche Vegas Golden Knights
Shots on goal 35 23
Power play 0 of 4 1 of 3
Penalty minutes 18 10
Hits 17 34
Blocked shots 11 22
Giveaways 19 18
Takeaways 3 4
Faceoffs won 25/56 (44.6%) 31/56 (55.4%)

Box score

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters
Player
10 N. Roy C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 0 36.4% 11:17
11 B. Nelson C 0 0 0 +1 2 0 1 1 0 57.1% 19:02
13 V. Nichushkin R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 0 0 08:34
17 P. Kelly C 0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 0 0 12:52
18 J. Drury C 1 0 1 -1 0 1 1 0 0 36.4% 11:04
20 R. Colton C 0 0 0 -1 12 1 4 0 0 08:29
25 L. O'Connor R 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 0 0 12:02
29 N. MacKinnon C 0 1 1 -1 0 5 2 1 0 60% 18:02
62 A. Lehkonen L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 17:15
88 M. Necas C 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 21:18
91 N. Kadri C 1 0 1 +1 2 3 1 0 0 19:19
92 G. Landeskog L 1 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 42.9% 24:04
7 D. Toews D 0 2 2 +1 0 2 0 0 0 23:14
8 C. Makar D 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 6 0 27:14
27 B. Kulak D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 1 0 15:04
42 J. Manson D 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:20
70 S. Malinski D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 0 12:57
84 B. Burns D 0 0 0 +1 2 2 0 0 0 16:38
Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie
41 S. Wedgewood 22 18 4 .818 58:15 Loss

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters
Player
9 J. Eichel C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 2 0 53.3% 23:02
10 C. Sissons C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 77.8% 12:27
16 P. Dorofeyev R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 0 0 17:09
21 B. Howden C 1 0 1 +2 0 2 4 0 0 40% 17:03
22 C. Smith R 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 06:08
26 N. Dowd C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 42.9% 10:20
48 T. Hertl C 1 1 2 0 0 3 2 0 0 66.7% 13:23
49 I. Barbashev L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 5 1 0 100% 15:57
55 K. Kolesar R 1 0 1 +1 0 1 3 1 0 05:19
61 M. Stone R 1 1 2 -1 2 3 4 0 1 15:45
71 W. Karlsson C 1 1 2 +3 0 2 0 1 0 50% 17:22
93 M. Marner R 0 2 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 23:59
3 B. McNabb D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 2 3 0 23:45
4 R. Andersson D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 4 0 21:06
6 K. Korczak D 0 2 2 +2 0 0 1 1 0 09:38
15 N. Hanifin D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 5 0 23:17
27 S. Theodore D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 0 2 0 23:32
52 D. Coghlan D 0 1 1 +2 0 3 1 2 0 11:04
Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie
79 C. Hart 35 32 3 .914 59:44 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 09:31 Vegas Golden Knights Cole Smith Tripping 2
1st 11:28 Colorado Avalanche Nazem Kadri High sticking 2
1st 17:09 Vegas Golden Knights Rasmus Andersson Hooking 2
1st 19:19 Colorado Avalanche Brock Nelson Tripping 2
2nd 05:28 Colorado Avalanche Brent Burns Cross checking 2
2nd 08:03 Vegas Golden Knights Cole Smith High sticking 2
3rd 02:14 Vegas Golden Knights Mark Stone Slashing 2
3rd 02:14 Colorado Avalanche Ross Colton Roughing 2
3rd 09:54 Vegas Golden Knights Mitch Marner Tripping 2
3rd 19:20 Colorado Avalanche Ross Colton Misconduct (misconduct) 10

Game information

Colorado Avalanche head coach
Jared Bednar
Vegas Golden Knights head coach
John Tortorella
Referees
Garrett Rank, Jean Hebert
Linesmen
Scott Cherrey, Jesse Marquis
Colorado Avalanche scratches
Joel Kiviranta, Jack Ahcan, Alex Gagne, Zakhar Bardakov, Nick Blankenburg
Vegas Golden Knights scratches
Reilly Smith, Brandon Saad, Ben Hutton, Jaycob Megna, Jeremy Lauzon, Tanner Laczynski, Jeremy Davies, Jonas Rondbjerg, Akira Schmid, Raphael Lavoie, Alexander Holtz, Carl Lindbom, Braeden Bowman, Trevor Connelly, Kai Uchacz

2025-2026 season series

Matchup Status Details
Colorado Avalanche 4 at Vegas Golden Knights 2 Final Game page
Colorado Avalanche 6 at Vegas Golden Knights 5 Final/SO Game page
Vegas Golden Knights 3 at Colorado Avalanche 2 Final/OT Game page
Vegas Golden Knights 4 at Colorado Avalanche 2 Final Playoffs Game page
Vegas Golden Knights 3 at Colorado Avalanche 1 Final Playoffs Game page
Colorado Avalanche 3 at Vegas Golden Knights 5 Final Playoffs Game page
Colorado Avalanche 1 at Vegas Golden Knights 2 Final Playoffs Game page
Vegas Golden Knights at Colorado Avalanche Not needed Playoffs Game page
Colorado Avalanche at Vegas Golden Knights Not needed Playoffs Game page
Vegas Golden Knights at Colorado Avalanche Not needed Playoffs Game page

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