Vegas Golden Knights 4, Colorado Avalanche 2: final score and stats
Vegas Golden Knights beat Colorado Avalanche, Vegas Golden Knights 4 to Colorado Avalanche 2, on Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at Ball Arena, Denver, CO. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Colorado Avalanche vs Vegas Golden Knights.
NHL · West Final - Game 1Wednesday, May 20, 2026
DateMay 20, 2026
Start time8:00 PM ET
VenueBall Arena, Denver, CO
TVESPN
Attendance18,109
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vegas Golden Knights | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Colorado Avalanche | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Vegas Golden KnightsColorado Avalanche
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
39-26-17Record55-16-11
2nd in Pacific DivisionStanding2nd in Central Division
6-4Road record / home record7-3
WWWLLLast 5WWLLW
W3StreakW2
Team stats
Vegas Golden KnightsColorado Avalanche
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Colorado Avalanche
Josh Manson D · Ankle
Injured ReserveZachary L'Heureux LW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveBox score
Vegas Golden Knights Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivan Barbashev | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 16:25 | 0:42 | 0:00 | 15:43 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Pavel Dorofeyev | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 14:21 | 2:06 | 0:00 | 12:15 | 19 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nic Dowd | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13:18 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:18 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 62.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Eichel | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19:32 | 2:07 | 4:05 | 13:20 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 47.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tomas Hertl | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:45 | 2:04 | 0:00 | 8:41 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 80.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett Howden | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:11 | 0:39 | 0:42 | 16:50 | 25 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| William Karlsson | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:11 | 0:40 | 3:34 | 16:57 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 44.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Keegan Kolesar | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10:02 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:02 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mitch Marner | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 21:35 | 2:06 | 1:12 | 18:17 | 28 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Saad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8:10 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:10 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Colton Sissons | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11:28 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:28 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Smith | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 11:56 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:56 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Vegas Golden Knights Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rasmus Andersson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:32 | 0:40 | 2:29 | 20:23 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Coghlan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8:13 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:13 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah Hanifin | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 23:29 | 1:13 | 0:32 | 21:44 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Hutton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:01 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:01 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Brayden McNabb | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 25:42 | 0:00 | 4:16 | 21:26 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Shea Theodore | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 27:22 | 1:33 | 2:18 | 23:31 | 33 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Vegas Golden Knights Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carter Hart | 2 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 36 | .947 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
Colorado Avalanche Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Colton | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 9:55 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:55 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jack Drury | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:55 | 0:00 | 0:20 | 9:35 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nazem Kadri | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19:26 | 4:20 | 0:00 | 15:06 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Parker Kelly | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8:57 | 0:00 | 0:20 | 8:37 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gabriel Landeskog | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 21:21 | 4:21 | 0:00 | 17:00 | 26 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Artturi Lehkonen | 0 | 5 | 1 | -1 | 15:42 | 0:02 | 0:45 | 14:55 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nathan MacKinnon | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 21:32 | 4:19 | 0:00 | 17:13 | 27 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Martin Necas | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 23:41 | 4:43 | 0:00 | 18:58 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brock Nelson | 1 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 18:15 | 1:15 | 1:43 | 15:17 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 40.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Valeri Nichushkin | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13:39 | 0:00 | 1:43 | 11:56 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Logan O'Connor | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10:16 | 0:00 | 0:42 | 9:34 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nicolas Roy | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 12:40 | 0:25 | 0:00 | 12:15 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 28.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Colorado Avalanche Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Ahcan | 2 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 7:34 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:34 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brent Burns | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16:55 | 0:22 | 0:12 | 16:21 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Brett Kulak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:06 | 0:00 | 0:33 | 22:33 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Malinski | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 20:31 | 0:26 | 0:30 | 19:35 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Manson | 2 | 5 | 0 | -1 | 19:02 | 0:00 | 2:00 | 17:02 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Devon Toews | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 27:32 | 4:29 | 2:16 | 20:47 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Colorado Avalanche Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Wedgewood | 3 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 24 | .889 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 57:15 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
COL wins series 2-1
Apr 11, 2026VGK 3, COL 2
Dec 27, 2025COL 6, VGK 5
Oct 31, 2025COL 4, VGK 2
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Vegas Golden Knights vs Colorado Avalanche?
Vegas Golden Knights won, 4-2, on Wednesday, May 20, 2026.
What was the final score of Vegas Golden Knights vs Colorado Avalanche?
Vegas Golden Knights 4, Colorado Avalanche 2.
Who were the top performers?
Vegas Golden Knights: Nic Dowd (1 goals). Colorado Avalanche: Valeri Nichushkin (1 goals).
Where is Vegas Golden Knights vs Colorado Avalanche played?
Ball Arena, Denver, CO.
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