***Tonight - Round 3 Game 1 - Western Conference Finals***
**Lord Stanley's Wednesday Night Cup Quest! 20 May 2026
- Quick shout out to my Mom, "Happy Birthday, I love you!"
Per NHL.com:
"The Golden Knights did not hold a morning skate. … Lauzon didn't practice Tuesday but could play; the defenseman has missed six straight games. … The Avalanche held an optional morning skate. ... With Malinski back in but Makar out, Ahcan will remain in the lineup after playing the final two games against the Wild. They were his first games in the playoffs"
Vegas Golden Knights vs Colorado Avalanche - 7:00pm (CST) ESPN
---Current Series: Nil-Nil
--Starting Netminders:
**Carter "Hartsy" Hart #79 (VGK)
**Scott "Wedgiewall" Wedgewood #41 (COL)
---Key Inactives:
*Cale Makar #8 (COL) - Upper Body Injury
*Mark Stone #61 Captain (VGK) - Lower Body Injury
Scoring/Game Updates:
*Game Update: Still Nilly-Nilly 11:00 1st period. Brent Burns gets a Hooky. VGK PP
**Game Update: Ivan Barbashev called for holding. PP COL 0:50 1st period
---1st Intermission: Goose Eggs
***Scoring Update! Dylan Coghlan #52 with a long frozen biscuit! 1-nilly Desert Knights strike first.
- 12:30 2nd Period
****Game Update: Ross Colton gets 2:00 in the Sin Bin for roughing. PP VGK 5:44 2nd period
*****Scoring Update: Dorofeyev PP nets a biscuit! 2-0 Vegas looking frigid in Mile High.
-3:30 2nd Period
******Game Update: Hutton to the sin-bin, minor for tripping, PP COL
---2nd Intermission: 2-0 Knights armored
*******Scoring Update: Mile High Fugly folks, Howden punches in another! 3-nil Vegas 17:20 3rd Period
********Scoring Update! Nichuskin gets the Collies within two. 3-1 13:00 3rd Period
*********Scoring Update! Landeskog backdoors Hartsy in the 4 hole. 3-2 gettin' colder!
----2:20 3rd period!
*Final Scoring Update: Dowd's empty netter shuts the door on Game 1. 4-2 Sin City havin' fun a mile high!
*Edits cuz' Updates
**Lord Stanley's Wednesday Night Cup Quest! 20 May 2026
- Quick shout out to my Mom, "Happy Birthday, I love you!"
Per NHL.com:
"The Golden Knights did not hold a morning skate. … Lauzon didn't practice Tuesday but could play; the defenseman has missed six straight games. … The Avalanche held an optional morning skate. ... With Malinski back in but Makar out, Ahcan will remain in the lineup after playing the final two games against the Wild. They were his first games in the playoffs"
Vegas Golden Knights vs Colorado Avalanche - 7:00pm (CST) ESPN
---Current Series: Nil-Nil
--Starting Netminders:
**Carter "Hartsy" Hart #79 (VGK)
**Scott "Wedgiewall" Wedgewood #41 (COL)
---Key Inactives:
*Cale Makar #8 (COL) - Upper Body Injury
*Mark Stone #61 Captain (VGK) - Lower Body Injury
Scoring/Game Updates:
*Game Update: Still Nilly-Nilly 11:00 1st period. Brent Burns gets a Hooky. VGK PP
**Game Update: Ivan Barbashev called for holding. PP COL 0:50 1st period
---1st Intermission: Goose Eggs
***Scoring Update! Dylan Coghlan #52 with a long frozen biscuit! 1-nilly Desert Knights strike first.
- 12:30 2nd Period
****Game Update: Ross Colton gets 2:00 in the Sin Bin for roughing. PP VGK 5:44 2nd period
*****Scoring Update: Dorofeyev PP nets a biscuit! 2-0 Vegas looking frigid in Mile High.
-3:30 2nd Period
******Game Update: Hutton to the sin-bin, minor for tripping, PP COL
---2nd Intermission: 2-0 Knights armored
*******Scoring Update: Mile High Fugly folks, Howden punches in another! 3-nil Vegas 17:20 3rd Period
********Scoring Update! Nichuskin gets the Collies within two. 3-1 13:00 3rd Period
*********Scoring Update! Landeskog backdoors Hartsy in the 4 hole. 3-2 gettin' colder!
----2:20 3rd period!
*Final Scoring Update: Dowd's empty netter shuts the door on Game 1. 4-2 Sin City havin' fun a mile high!
*Edits cuz' Updates
