The Vegas Golden Knights eliminated the Colorado Avalanche, 2-1, in Game 4 of the Western Conference Final on Tuesday night at T-Mobile Arena to complete a four-game sweep and advance to the Stanley Cup Final for the third time in nine seasons.

At 4:42 of the first period, Mark Stone opened the scoring after corralling a high flip pass from Brayden McNabb, dropping the puck to himself on a breakaway and beating Mackenzie Blackwood for a 1-0 lead. Following a scoreless second period, Cole Smith doubled Vegas’ advantage with 5:45 remaining when he redirected Dylan Coghlan’s shot through Blackwood’s five-hole. Gabriel Landeskog answered late for Colorado, but the Golden Knights held on for the victory as Carter Hart stopped 20 of 21 shots.

Smith netted the game-winning goal and his third tally of the postseason, while Stone continued his strong stretch with his third goal and fifth point in his last four games. McNabb added the primary assist on Stone’s opener and led Vegas in ice time at 23:56. Hart finished with a .952 save percentage as the Golden Knights extended their playoff win streak to six games.

Vegas recorded the second playoff sweep in franchise history and outscored Colorado, 14-7, across the Western Conference Final. Hart turned aside 118 shots in the series and posted a .944 save percentage while extending his personal winning streak to six games, the longest in franchise history. Shea Theodore continued his standout postseason with 21 career points in series-clinching games, the most among active NHL defensemen, and also leads the NHL this postseason with 46 blocked shots. Mitch Marner paces all skaters with 21 playoff points, Jack Eichel leads the league with 16 assists, and Pavel Dorofeyev and Brett Howden are tied for the postseason lead with 10 goals each. Vegas also owns the top three postseason hit totals in the NHL, led by Ivan Barbashev (83), Keegan Kolesar (70), and Cole Smith (66).

The Vegas Golden Knights overcame a three-goal deficit to defeat the Colorado Avalanche, 5-3, in Game 3 of the Western Conference Final on Sunday night at T-Mobile Arena, taking a 3-0 series lead.

The Avalanche jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first period of Game 3 of the Western Conference Final as Gabriel Landeskog opened the scoring at 3:21, Nazem Kadri doubled the lead just over seven minutes later, and Jack Drury added a shorthanded breakaway goal with 6:45 remaining in the frame. The Golden Knights responded immediately in the second period when Mark Stone scored on the power play just 19 seconds into the period off a setup from Mitch Marner and Tomas Hertl. William Karlsson cut the deficit to 3-2 at 4:05 of the second by burying a rebound from Marner’s shot, before Keegan Kolesar tied the game later in the period by tipping Dylan Coghlan’s point shot and backhanding the loose puck over the line.

Tomas Hertl completed the comeback in the third period, giving Vegas its first lead of the night at 8:21 with a highlight-reel backhand goal after beating Sam Malinski off the rush. Brett Howden sealed the 5-3 win with an empty-net goal from the Vegas blue line in the final minute. Carter Hart made 32 saves, including 19 over the final two periods, as the Golden Knights took a commanding 3-0 series lead.

Hertl finished with a goal and an assist for first-star honors and scored his first postseason game-winning goal with Vegas. Stone recorded two points in his return to the lineup and scored his franchise-record 40th playoff goal with the Golden Knights. Marner added two assists for his sixth multi-point game of the postseason, Karlsson posted a goal and an assist with a game-high plus-three rating, and Kolesar scored his first goal of the playoffs. Hart extended his streak to five consecutive games with at least 30 saves.

Vegas completed the first three-goal comeback in franchise playoff history and became just the 10th team in NHL history to take a 3-0 series lead against a Presidents’ Trophy winner. Hertl has seven points in his last six games, while Howden’s 10 postseason goals are tied for the NHL lead with Pavel Dorofeyev. Karlsson’s 76 career playoff points rank second in franchise history, and Marner became only the fifth player in NHL history to record at least 14 assists in his first 15 postseason games with a team.

The Golden Knights beat the Colorado Avalanche, 3-1, in Game 2 of the Western Conference Final on Friday at Ball Arena. The Golden Knights lead the best-of-seven series, 2-0.

Ross Colton opened the scoring with under three minutes remaining in the first period to give Colorado a 1-0 lead, but the Golden Knights responded with three unanswered goals in the third period to secure a 3-1 victory and a 2-0 series lead in the Western Conference Final. Jack Eichel tied the game midway through the final frame off a setup from Pavel Dorofeyev before Ivan Barbashev scored the go-ahead goal just over two minutes later from the slot. Barbashev added an empty-net goal with 1:03 remaining to seal the win for Vegas. Carter Hart turned aside 29 of 30 shots and posted a .967 save percentage in the victory.

Barbashev led the way with two goals and an assist for his first three-point game of the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs, while Eichel recorded a goal and an assist to raise his postseason totals to 18 points (2G, 16A). Dorofeyev added two assists in the win as Vegas’ top line accounted for all three goals and combined for seven points.

The comeback marked the Golden Knights’ fourth third-period comeback win of the postseason, the most in a single playoff run in franchise history. Vegas also improved to 6-0 all-time when taking a 2-0 series lead. Eichel recorded the 60th and 61st playoff points of his career, becoming the third American-born player to reach the mark in 54 games played.