The Colorado Avalanche took a 3-2 NHL playoff series lead with an overtime victory over the Golden Knights on Wednesday night at Ball Arena in Denver.
Ben Gotz
Golden Knights backup reporter
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Ben Gotz came to the Review-Journal in May 2016 after graduating from the University of Minnesota. He covers the Lights FC, high school sports and anything else sports-related that comes into town. He also hosts segments in the video studio on soccer and high school sports. Before coming to Las Vegas, he wrote about college hockey, college football and high school sports during stops at the Star Tribune, Pioneer Press and Minnesota Daily back home in Minnesota.
The Golden Knights are making a goaltending change for Game 2 of their second-round NHL playoff series against the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday at Ball Arena.
Golden Knights goalie Marc-Andre Fleury was named a finalist for the Vezina Trophy, along with Tampa Bay’s Andrei Vasilevskiy and Colorado’s Philipp Grubauer.
Forward Mattias Janmark was injured in the second period of the Golden Knights’ Game 1 loss to the Colorado Avalanche on Sunday and didn’t return to the game.
The Colorado Avalanche crushed the Golden Knights in Game 1 of the NHL’s West Division final Sunday at Ball Arena in Denver. Game 2 will be played Wednesday.
Golden Knights forward Ryan Reaves received a match penalty for going after Colorado Avalanche defenseman Ryan Graves following a whistle with 11:56 left in Sunday’s game.
The Silver Knights won their division in the regular season, but came up one win short of adding a playoff championship to their resume.
Check out all the dates and times for the Golden Knights’ second-round matchup against the Colorado Avalanche.
The Golden Knights and Colorado Avalanche have been the clear-cut top two teams in the NHL’s West Division all season. Now they will settle things in the playoffs.
The Golden Knights will have “100 percent capacity and beyond” starting with Game 3 of their series against the Colorado Avalanche, general manager Kelly McCrimmon said.
The Golden Knights finished 4-4 with a plus-one goal differential against the Colorado Avalanche. Five games were decided by one goal, and one went into overtime.
The Golden Knights leading goal scorer was back on the ice with the team ahead of its decisive Game 7 against the Minnesota Wild.
The Silver Knights defeated the Bakersfield Condors on Thursday at T-Mobile Arena to extend their Pacific Division playoff final to a winner-take-all third game.
The NHL announced Thursday when the second-round series between the Colorado Avalanche and either the Golden Knights or Minnesota Wild will begin.
A Game 7 will be played at T-Mobile Arena for the first time when the Golden Knights host the Minnesota Wild on Friday. It’s the Knights’ third Game 7 in three years.
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