NHL Playoff Preview: Colorado Avalanche at Vegas Golden Knights with Line Combinations 05/24/2026 | Inside The Rink
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Colorado Avalanche (8-3-0) at Vegas Golden Knights (10-4-0)
Venue: T-Mobile Arena
Date: Sunday, May 24
Time: 8:00 pm EST
How To Watch:Â ESPN
Radio:Â KFLG-FM 94.7/KKGK 1340 AM/Altitude Sports Radio 950 AM
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Colorado Avalanche News and Notes:
The Avalanche dropped both games at home to start the series, they’ll now have to win at least one on the road to get the series back home. They’re averaging 3.6 goals per game while allowing 2.7 goals per game in the playoffs. In the series, they’re averaging 1.5 goals per game.
Vegas Golden Knights News & Notes:
The Golden Knights handled business on the road to take a 2-0 series lead as they now return home. In the playoffs, they’re averaging 3.6 goals per game while allowing 2.4 goals per game. They’re averaging 3.5 goals per game in the series.
Colorado Avalanche Projected Lines:
Landeskog-MacKinnon-Necas
Lehkonen-Nelson-Roy
Colton-Kadri-Nichushkin
Kelly-Drury-O’Connor
Toews-Malinski
Kulak-Burns
Blankenburg-Manson
Wedgewood
Blackwood
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Vegas Golden Knights Projected Lines
Barbashev-Eichel-Dorofeyev
Howden-Karlsson-Marner
Saad-Hertl-Sissons
C.Smith-Dowd-Kolesar
McNabb-Theodore
Hanifin-Andersson
Korczak-Coghlan
Hart
Hill
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Players To Watch:
Colorado Avalanche
Nathan MacKinnon will need to produce tonight if Colorado wants any chance of getting back in the series. He has 14 points on seven goals and seven assists. He had his goal streak snapped in game one.
Vegas Golden Knights
Pavel Dorofeyev had two assists in Friday’s win. He has a point in six straight games. In the playoffs he has 14 points on ten goals and four assists.
Injury Report:
Colorado Avalanche:
D Cale Makar – DTD
Vegas Golden Knights
F Mark Stone – DTD
D Jeremy Lauzon – Out
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