Colorado Avalanche vs Vegas Golden Knights, West Final Game 3

NHL

Avalanche

55-16-11, 121 PTS

3-5

Final

Golden Knights

39-26-17, 95 PTS

T-Mobile Arena

TV: Sportsnet

On the ice

COL shoots leftVGK shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
COL	16	12	7	35
VGK	7	8	8	23

In net

Scott Wedgewood18/22 SV, .818

Carter Hart32/35 SV, .914

Team	1	2	3	T
COL	3	0	0	3
VGK	0	3	2	5

Who won: Golden Knights 5-3

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Colorado Avalanche 5-3 in West Final Game 3 on Sunday, May 24, 2026 at T-Mobile Arena. The Avalanche win the series 2-1. The Golden Knights outscored the Avalanche 3-0 in the 2nd period. William Karlsson led the Golden Knights in goals (1). Nazem Kadri led the Avalanche in goals (1).

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What it means

Avalanche won the series 2-1.

Latest headlines

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Injuries and inactives

Avalanche4th in Central Division

Georgii Merkulov C
Undisclosed
Injured Reserve
Logan O'Connor RW
Lower Body
Injured Reserve

Golden Knights1st in Pacific Division

Lukas Cormier D
Undisclosed
Injured Reserve

Starting goalies

Avalanche4th in Central Division

Scott Wedgewood G

Starting goalie, confirmed

Golden Knights1st in Pacific Division

Carter Hart G

Starting goalie, confirmed

Head to head

COL wins series 2-1

Last meeting: Golden Knights 3, Avalanche 2 (Apr 11)

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Game info

Venue: T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, NV · Attendance 18,212
Officials: Chris Rooney (Referee), Jean Hebert (Referee), Garrett Rank (Referee), Scott Cherrey (Linesman), Devin Berg (Linesman), Jesse Marquis (Linesman)

Injuries, starters, headlines and game info from ESPN. Headlines open on ESPN.