Avalanche vs. Golden Knights (May 26, 2026)

ESPN

Golden Knights VGK

3-0

8-2-0 in Last 10

Preview

Avalanche

Golden Knights

Notes

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Odds

COL

VGK

-120

Open

+100

Open

-115

-105

o6.0

-120

u6.0

+100

-1.5

+200

+1.5

-250

Forward Matchup

N. MacKinnon

COL C #29

M. Marner

VGK RW #93

Goals

Points

Shots on Goal

Defenseman Matchup

D. Toews

COL D #7

S. Theodore

VGK D #27

Points

Blocks

Hits

Goalie Matchup

S. Wedgewood

COL G #41

C. Hart

VGK G #79

Wins

.904

Save Pct

.921

2.47

Goals Against Avg

2.30

COL

Team Stats

VGK

3.63

Goals per Game

3.22

2.4

Goals Against per Game

2.95

33.73

Shots per Game

29.01

26.16

Shots Against per Game

24.39

17.1

Power Play Pct

24.5

84.6

Penalty Kill Pct

81.4

.908

Save Pct

.879

COL

Injuries

VGK

Valeri Nichushkin

Day to day (Undisclosed)

Jeremy Lauzon

Out (Upper-Body)

Nathan MacKinnon

Day to day (Lower-Body)

2025-26 Central Division

COLVGK

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche - p	55	16	11	121	99
Stars - x	50	20	12	112	53
Wild - x	46	24	12	104	32
Mammoth - x	43	33	6	92	28
Blues - e	37	33	12	86	-27
Predators - e	38	34	10	86	-22
Jets - e	35	35	12	82	-29
Blackhawks - e	29	39	14	72	-62

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Golden Knights - y	39	26	17	95	15
Oilers - x	41	30	11	93	13
Ducks - x	43	33	6	92	-15
Kings - x	35	27	20	90	-22
Sharks - e	39	35	8	86	-41
Kraken - e	34	37	11	79	-37
Flames - e	34	39	9	77	-47
Canucks - e	25	49	8	58	-100

COL

Last 5

VGK

Sun, May 24

Sun, May 24

Fri, May 22

Fri, May 22

Wed, May 20

Wed, May 20

Wed, May 13

Thu, May 14

Mon, May 11

Tue, May 12

Game Info

May 26, 2026

ESPN

T-Mobile Arena

Las Vegas, Nevada

Team Leaders

N. MacKinnon

M. Necas

GWG

N. Roy

SV%

.904

S. Wedgewood

Season

Career vs VGK

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	12	7	8	15	+4	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	45	15.6	95	174	54.6	10	5	4	19	21:08
Martin Necas M. Necas	12	1	11	12	+5	6	0	3	0	0	0	0	32	3.1	0	1	0.0	20	2	3	8	20:42
Devon Toews D. Toews	12	2	9	11	+7	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	15	13.3	0	0	0	3	15	11	12	25:45
Gabriel Landeskog G. Landeskog	12	5	5	10	+3	12	2	3	0	0	0	0	35	14.3	49	107	45.8	37	8	3	8	19:16
Nazem Kadri N. Kadri	12	3	5	8	+1	4	1	3	0	0	1	0	35	8.6	19	45	42.2	14	2	3	11	16:36
Nicolas Roy N. Roy	12	3	3	6	+1	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	15	20.0	33	74	44.6	23	8	4	10	12:02
Artturi Lehkonen A. Lehkonen	10	3	3	6	+8	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	17	17.6	0	2	0.0	26	9	2	8	17:13
Brett Kulak B. Kulak	12	1	4	5	+2	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	12	8.3	0	0	0	3	25	6	15	20:58
Cale Makar C. Makar	10	4	1	5	+5	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	25	16.0	0	0	0	0	24	3	19	25:13
Ross Colton R. Colton	10	2	3	5	-1	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	10.5	3	6	50.0	36	4	0	6	9:45
Jack Drury J. Drury	12	3	2	5	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	14	21.4	72	115	62.6	12	4	5	7	10:36
Parker Kelly P. Kelly	12	2	2	4	-1	8	0	0	0	1	1	0	16	12.5	2	8	25.0	31	6	1	6	11:09
Brent Burns B. Burns	12	0	4	4	+9	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	0.0	0	0	0	16	11	4	8	18:07
Valeri Nichushkin V. Nichushkin	12	2	2	4	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	10.5	1	1	100.0	17	5	1	2	15:37
Josh Manson J. Manson	8	0	3	3	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0.0	0	0	0	21	5	1	11	15:24
Sam Malinski S. Malinski	10	1	2	3	+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	5.0	0	0	0	7	16	1	11	19:24
Brock Nelson B. Nelson	12	2	1	3	-1	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	9.5	104	211	49.3	15	14	3	5	18:02
Logan O'Connor L. O'Connor	12	1	1	2	-4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	15	6.7	0	1	0.0	19	2	3	4	11:08
Nick Blankenburg N. Blankenburg	5	1	0	1	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	50.0	0	0	0	3	1	0	2	9:25
Joel Kiviranta J. Kiviranta	4	0	0	0	+4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	0	1	0.0	10	1	0	2	9:18
Jack Ahcan J. Ahcan	3	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	0	1	6:05

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Scott Wedgewood S. Wedgewood	11	10	7	4	0	260	235	.904	25	2.47	0	606
	Mackenzie Blackwood M. Blackwood	3	2	1	0	0	47	41	.872	6	3.20	0	112

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	31	8	22	30	0	13	2	8	1	0	140	5.7	180	394	45.7	15	20	14	39	21:56
Nazem Kadri N. Kadri	31	11	10	21	-8	14	4	3	3	0	87	12.6	220	454	48.5	34	9	8	18	17:39
Brent Burns B. Burns	32	5	11	16	-7	24	2	4	2	1	79	6.3	0	0	0	37	54	28	25	24:21
Cale Makar C. Makar	20	5	9	14	+3	10	0	3	0	0	38	13.2	0	0	0	27	25	18	16	25:13
Brock Nelson B. Nelson	18	8	5	13	+3	8	1	1	1	0	44	18.2	141	281	50.2	8	15	12	12	18:31
Martin Necas M. Necas	13	5	7	12	+8	8	1	1	0	0	29	17.2	11	24	45.8	12	2	5	19	17:26
Valeri Nichushkin V. Nichushkin	24	6	4	10	-5	7	3	0	2	0	53	11.3	0	2	0.0	41	10	9	9	16:27
Devon Toews D. Toews	23	4	5	9	+1	12	1	1	1	0	40	10.0	0	0	0	18	37	22	11	24:40
Artturi Lehkonen A. Lehkonen	18	1	7	8	+3	4	0	1	0	0	36	2.8	2	5	40.0	26	11	7	7	17:28
Gabriel Landeskog G. Landeskog	19	3	3	6	-4	10	1	0	2	0	57	5.3	90	151	59.6	41	13	7	11	19:56
Josh Manson J. Manson	27	3	3	6	-15	23	0	0	0	0	34	8.8	0	0	0	80	28	16	17	19:58
Brett Kulak B. Kulak	20	2	2	4	+5	2	0	0	0	0	22	9.1	0	0	0	22	22	6	10	17:10
Logan O'Connor L. O'Connor	16	1	2	3	+1	6	0	0	0	0	17	5.9	0	7	0.0	25	8	8	4	13:11
Joel Kiviranta J. Kiviranta	11	2	1	3	+1	4	0	0	0	0	12	16.7	1	5	20.0	15	5	2	3	10:07
Nick Blankenburg N. Blankenburg	7	1	2	3	-7	0	0	2	0	0	6	16.7	0	0	0	4	10	2	6	18:31
Sam Malinski S. Malinski	7	0	3	3	+2	0	0	0	0	0	11	0.0	0	0	0	4	11	3	5	16:31
Ross Colton R. Colton	11	2	0	2	+2	4	0	0	0	0	21	9.5	26	57	45.6	38	2	5	2	12:33
Jack Drury J. Drury	8	0	2	2	-2	2	0	0	0	0	9	0.0	43	80	53.8	4	7	3	4	13:22
Nicolas Roy N. Roy	4	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	22	35	62.9	2	4	2	2	12:17
Parker Kelly P. Kelly	10	0	0	0	-5	4	0	0	0	0	14	0.0	10	32	31.3	21	2	2	5	10:48
Zakhar Bardakov Z. Bardakov	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	1	0	1	3:54

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Scott Wedgewood S. Wedgewood	6	6	4	1	1	175	159	.909	16	2.81	0	342
	Mackenzie Blackwood M. Blackwood	5	5	0	4	1	146	128	.877	18	3.63	0	298

Team Leaders

B. Howden

J. Eichel

GWG

B. Howden

SV%

.921

C. Hart

Season

Career vs COL

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Mitch Marner M. Marner	15	7	14	21	+13	6	2	5	0	4	2	0	37	18.9	23	55	41.8	10	7	9	23	21:11
Jack Eichel J. Eichel	15	2	16	18	+7	12	0	6	0	0	0	0	41	4.9	130	271	48.0	11	15	4	16	22:18
Pavel Dorofeyev P. Dorofeyev	15	10	4	14	+5	0	4	1	0	0	1	1	40	25.0	0	0	0	4	5	7	6	16:39
Brett Howden B. Howden	15	10	2	12	+8	4	0	0	3	0	3	1	27	37.0	47	78	60.3	40	4	0	8	16:40
Ivan Barbashev I. Barbashev	15	5	7	12	+4	8	0	0	0	0	2	0	23	21.7	5	9	55.6	79	7	8	19	17:29
Shea Theodore S. Theodore	15	4	6	10	+8	6	1	2	0	0	1	1	31	12.9	0	0	0	3	44	6	27	25:37
Tomas Hertl T. Hertl	15	3	6	9	-1	2	0	6	0	0	1	0	24	12.5	75	121	62.0	32	5	4	7	12:50
Mark Stone M. Stone	10	4	5	9	-2	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	21	19.0	0	1	0.0	16	3	3	15	19:04
Noah Hanifin N. Hanifin	15	0	6	6	+3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	0.0	0	0	0	13	30	13	23	24:06
Colton Sissons C. Sissons	15	2	4	6	+3	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	13	15.4	36	49	73.5	42	15	2	7	13:49
Rasmus Andersson R. Andersson	15	0	5	5	+4	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	0.0	0	0	0	5	25	0	11	23:49
William Karlsson W. Karlsson	9	1	4	5	+6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	8.3	72	135	53.3	3	9	1	6	17:03
Cole Smith C. Smith	15	2	2	4	+3	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	25.0	0	2	0.0	63	8	2	8	11:50
Nic Dowd N. Dowd	15	3	0	3	-3	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	18	16.7	100	191	52.4	36	14	6	9	13:36
Kaedan Korczak K. Korczak	11	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0	0	21	9	2	10	11:58
Brayden McNabb B. McNabb	14	1	2	3	+7	19	0	0	1	0	0	0	18	5.6	0	0	0	32	30	5	21	20:38
Brandon Saad B. Saad	5	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	0	0	0	3	0	1	1	8:41
Reilly Smith R. Smith	6	0	2	2	-3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0.0	0	1	0.0	5	1	0	6	13:00
Dylan Coghlan D. Coghlan	7	1	1	2	+7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	10.0	0	0	0	7	8	3	6	15:22
Ben Hutton B. Hutton	7	0	1	1	+1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0.0	0	0	0	2	7	0	7	13:16
Keegan Kolesar K. Kolesar	15	1	0	1	-3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	9.1	2	7	28.6	69	10	1	10	10:38
Jeremy Lauzon J. Lauzon	6	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	0	0	0	14	8	0	5	16:33

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Carter Hart C. Hart	15	15	11	4	0	455	419	.921	36	2.30	0	938

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Tomas Hertl T. Hertl	35	12	18	30	+4	30	5	6	0	0	2	1	90	13.3	284	513	55.4	30	26	30	14	18:07
Mark Stone M. Stone	29	12	15	27	+14	6	3	3	2	0	3	1	59	20.3	4	11	36.4	21	25	37	15	19:16
Brandon Saad B. Saad	42	9	14	23	+1	6	1	1	2	0	0	0	97	9.3	14	33	42.4	22	16	22	8	16:58
Colton Sissons C. Sissons	32	11	10	21	+6	18	1	3	0	0	2	0	43	25.6	204	353	57.8	47	34	17	3	15:24
Reilly Smith R. Smith	37	6	13	19	+7	6	1	1	2	2	3	0	74	8.1	1	4	25.0	23	20	27	19	16:55
Mitch Marner M. Marner	17	6	13	19	-4	4	0	7	0	0	0	0	32	18.8	9	26	34.6	6	17	22	18	20:22
Jack Eichel J. Eichel	20	5	13	18	-2	8	1	5	0	0	1	1	64	7.8	118	255	46.3	15	13	10	12	20:03
Ivan Barbashev I. Barbashev	39	8	10	18	-2	8	0	1	0	0	1	0	38	21.1	52	120	43.3	51	25	20	17	14:06
William Karlsson W. Karlsson	32	8	7	15	+3	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	54	14.8	259	477	54.3	12	19	20	17	18:03
Shea Theodore S. Theodore	28	1	14	15	-8	12	0	9	0	0	0	0	70	1.4	0	0	0	11	39	23	20	22:30
Ben Hutton B. Hutton	26	1	10	11	+1	8	0	3	0	0	0	0	43	2.3	0	1	0.0	16	36	5	12	18:36
Brayden McNabb B. McNabb	36	1	7	8	+6	18	0	1	0	1	0	0	31	3.2	0	0	0	88	77	13	12	19:16
Rasmus Andersson R. Andersson	19	2	6	8	-9	6	0	5	0	0	0	0	35	5.7	0	0	0	13	31	6	17	21:51
Noah Hanifin N. Hanifin	26	0	6	6	-4	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	44	0.0	0	0	0	27	37	14	26	21:03
Nic Dowd N. Dowd	17	1	4	5	-4	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	24	4.2	107	187	57.2	40	14	11	5	13:01
Pavel Dorofeyev P. Dorofeyev	9	2	3	5	+3	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	19	10.5	0	0	0	1	4	1	5	16:48
Keegan Kolesar K. Kolesar	22	0	4	4	-3	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	0.0	14	33	42.4	52	14	6	9	10:20
Brett Howden B. Howden	18	2	1	3	-5	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	11.8	62	135	45.9	15	19	5	6	13:32
Kaedan Korczak K. Korczak	6	0	3	3	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	0	0	0	7	5	1	6	15:53
Cole Smith C. Smith	14	1	2	3	-4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	6.3	1	4	25.0	23	6	6	3	11:52
Jeremy Lauzon J. Lauzon	14	1	1	2	-3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	7.7	0	0	0	55	13	5	8	17:59
Alexander Holtz A. Holtz	6	1	1	2	-4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	11.1	0	1	0.0	3	3	0	3	12:45
Tanner Laczynski T. Laczynski	1	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6:34
Jaycob Megna J. Megna	7	0	1	1	-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	0	0	0	6	14	1	4	16:16
Dylan Coghlan D. Coghlan	8	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0.0	0	0	0	6	6	0	3	11:53
Jonas Rondbjerg J. Rondbjerg	2	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	9:39
Braeden Bowman B. Bowman	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	12:43

Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Adin Hill A. Hill	10	10	5	4	1	300	270	.900	30	3.24	1	556
Carter Hart C. Hart	7	7	3	3	1	234	208	.889	26	3.87	0	403
Akira Schmid A. Schmid	2	1	0	0	1	48	46	.958	2	1.44	0	83
Carl Lindbom C. Lindbom	1	1	0	1	0	25	22	.880	3	3.02	0	60

Vegas takes 3-0 lead into game 4 against Colorado

The Associated Press

May 25, 2026

Colorado Avalanche (55-16-11, in the Central Division) vs. Vegas Golden Knights (39-26-17, in the Pacific Division)

Paradise, Nevada; Tuesday, 9 p.m. EDT

LINE: Avalanche -120, Golden Knights +100; over/under is 6

STANLEY CUP SEMIFINALS: Golden Knights lead series 3-0

BOTTOM LINE: The Vegas Golden Knights host the Colorado Avalanche in the third round of the NHL Playoffs with a 3-0 lead in the series. The teams meet Sunday for the seventh time this season. The Golden Knights won the last matchup 5-3.

Vegas has gone 25-14-9 in home games and 39-26-17 overall. The Golden Knights have a 48-7-11 record in games they score at least three goals.

Colorado has a 55-16-11 record overall and a 32-9-5 record on the road. The Avalanche are 31-7-6 when they serve fewer penalty minutes than their opponent.

TOP PERFORMERS: Pavel Dorofeyev has 37 goals and 27 assists for the Golden Knights. Mitchell Marner has seven goals and 10 assists over the last 10 games.

Nathan MacKinnon has 53 goals and 74 assists for the Avalanche. Gabriel Landeskog has scored four goals with five assists over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Golden Knights: 8-2-0, averaging 3.8 goals, 6.1 assists, 3.8 penalties and 8.9 penalty minutes while giving up 1.9 goals per game.

Avalanche: 6-4-0, averaging 3.9 goals, 6.3 assists, 3.6 penalties and 8.2 penalty minutes while giving up 2.9 goals per game.

INJURIES: Golden Knights: Jeremy Lauzon: out (upper-body).

Avalanche: Cale Makar: day to day (undisclosed).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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