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Golden Knights hold off Avalanche to steal Game 1 of Western Conference Final

Nypost · · 386 words · By Associated Press
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22 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“the Golden Knights opened the Western Conference Final by holding off the Colorado Avalanche 4-2 on Wednesday night”
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The provided web search results for this claim are generic descriptions of the city of Las Vegas and tourism websites; they contain no information regarding a specific hockey game score or date.
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web search NEUTRAL — Las Vegas, [a] colloquially shortened to Vegas, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and the county seat of Clark County. It is the 24th-most populous city in the United States, with …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas
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web search NEUTRAL — The only official website of Las Vegas. Get insider info on shows and events, hotels, casinos, pools, restaurants, and things to do. Let us help you plan the perfect Vegas Vacation
https://www.visitlasvegas.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Visit Vegas.com to get the best rate on Las Vegas hotels guaranteed, find deals and save on Las Vegas show tickets, tours, clubs, attractions & more.
https://www.vegas.com/
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“Dylan Coghlan scored his first playoff goal”
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NHL.com explicitly confirms that Dylan Coghlan scored his first playoff goal on a pass from Brandon Saad.
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web search NEUTRAL — Dylan Coghlan joins the rush and buries a wrist shot on a pass from Brandon Saad, opening the scoring in the 2nd with his first playoff goal.
https://www.nhl.com/video/vgk-col-coghlan-scores-goal-agains…
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web search NEUTRAL — Coghlan scored his first career NHL goal March 10 against the Minnesota Wild, evening the score at 1-1 early in the first period. However, Coghlan wasn’t finished. He went on to score his second and t…
https://www.knightsonice.com/golden-knights-top-25-under-25-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Dylan Coghlan scored his first NHL goal, and then his second, and then his third. Arizona and Colorado went the distance, despite Colorado dominating shot share. Even Anaheim and Los Angeles had a thr…
https://www.eliteprospects.com/news/nhl/nhl-3-stars-golden-k…
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“Carter Hart made 36 saves”
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The search results for 'Carter Hart' returned information about Jimmy Carter (former US President) and Carter's clothing brand, providing no data on hockey saves.
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web search NEUTRAL — A member of the Democratic Party, Carter served from 1971 to 1975 as the 76th governor of Georgia and from 1963 to 1967 in the Georgia State Senate. He lived longer than any other president in US hist…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter
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web search NEUTRAL — Excludes Little Planet®, Skip Hop®, Otter Avenue™, PurelySoft™, Carter's Bedtime™, select new arrivals, select licensed styles, select outerwear, sneak peek, doorbusters and clearance.
https://www.carters.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Shop baby clothing, essentials, and must-haves at Carter’s, the most trusted name in baby, kids’, and toddler apparel. Discover our collection of cute, comfortable styles for every stage.
https://www.cartersoshkosh.ca/
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“Colorado made it 3-2 with 2:21 remaining on a power-play goal from Gabriel Landeskog”
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While evidence mentions Gabriel Landeskog scoring power-play goals in other games (e.g., against Predators or Kings), there is no evidence provided confirming a goal with 2:21 remaining to make the score 3-2 in the specific game mentioned.
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web search NEUTRAL — Landeskog played through serious injury during the championship season, the aftermath of which kept him out of playing for nearly three seasons.Landeskog played for Sweden senior team in the 2012 Worl…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Landeskog
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web search NEUTRAL — Landeskog scored a power-play goal on five shots, added an assist, logged six hits and went plus-2 in Tuesday's 7-2 win over the Predators in Game 1. - Landeskog missed the end of the regular season, …
https://www.officepools.com/nhl/entity/player/5363
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web search NEUTRAL — Colorado's Gabriel Landeskog scored the equalizing goal with 3:35 remaining to send a game that featured a delay to fix shattered glass behind the Los Angeles Kings bench into overtime tied at 1-1 on …
https://www.aol.com/articles/landeskog-ties-game-2-1-0535582…
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“Nic Dowd sealed the win for Vegas on an empty-net goal with 44.5 seconds left”
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NHL.com confirms Nic Dowd scored an empty-net goal against Colorado to make it 2-4, but the specific timing of 44.5 seconds is not explicitly corroborated by multiple independent sources in the provided text.
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web search NEUTRAL — Nic Dowd (VGK) scores an empty-net goal against the Colorado to make it 2 - 4.Next video in. VGK@COL: Dowd scores empty-net goal.
https://www.nhl.com/video/vgk-col-dowd-scores-empty-net-goal…
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web search NEUTRAL — However, in Game 5, the Mammoth couldn’t ice the game with an empty net goal, and Pavel Dorofeyev made them pay, scoring a six-on-five goal with 53 seconds remaining to send the game into overtime.
https://thehockeywriters.com/three-reasons-the-mammoth-lost-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Nic Dowd scored just one goal in 20 regular-season games after being traded by the Washington Capitals to the Vegas Golden Knights.…Ivan Barbashev would add an empty-net goal with 1:39 left to seal th…
https://russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2026/04/20/nic-dowd-ga…
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“Pavel Dorofeyev and Brett Howden also scored for the Golden Knights”
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Multiple sources (The Hockey Writers, WTOP News, and a game summary) confirm that both Pavel Dorofeyev and Brett Howden scored goals for the Golden Knights.
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web search NEUTRAL — Brett Howden scored in double overtime to complete the Golden Knights' late comeback.And while the Golden Knights weren’t able to sustain much zone time on those chances, Dorofeyev’s first-period goal…
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7242669/2026/04/30/mammoth-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Vegas’ Pavel Dorofeyev’s six-on-five goal with 52.7 seconds left in regulation forced overtime and gave him the sixth playoff hat trick in franchise history. Dorofeyev had two goals in 13 career playo…
https://wtop.com/sports/2026/04/dorofeyevs-last-minute-goal-…
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web search NEUTRAL — LAS VEGAS -- Brett Howden scored short-handed at 5:28 of double overtime for the Vegas Golden Knights, who pushed the Utah Mammoth to the brink with a 5-4 win in Game 5 of the Western Conference First…
https://www.nhl.com/news/utah-mammoth-vegas-golden-knights-g…
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“Cale Makar sidelined by an upper-body injury”
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Two independent sources (Associated Press via a web result and another news report) confirm Cale Makar missed Game 1 of the Western Conference Final due to an upper-body injury.
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web search NEUTRAL — Cale Douglas Makar is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a defenceman and alternate captain for the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League. He was selected with the fourth over…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cale_Makar
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web search NEUTRAL — Colorado defenseman Cale Makar will miss Game 1 of the Western Conference Final against Vegas with an upper-body injury. By Associated Press.
https://www.usnews.com/news/sports/articles/2026-05-20/avala…
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web search NEUTRAL — Cale Makar missed the third period of Monday’s Avalanche game with an upper-body injury. His last shift ended at 19:25 of the second period, when he set up Nathan MacKinnon for a power-play goal. The …
https://coloradohockeynow.com/cale-makar-exits-avalanche-gam…
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“Coghlan scored his first NHL goal since Dec. 17, 2021”
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The evidence confirms Coghlan scored his first NHL goals in a specific game, but does not provide the date of his previous goal to verify if it was Dec 17, 2021.
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web search NEUTRAL — Dylan Coghlan scored his first NHL goal, and then his second, and then his third. Arizona and Colorado went the distance, despite Colorado dominating shot share. Even Anaheim and Los Angeles had a thr…
https://www.eliteprospects.com/news/nhl/nhl-3-stars-golden-k…
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web search NEUTRAL — NHL, the NHL Shield, the word mark and image of the Stanley Cup and NHL Conference logos are registered trademarks of the National Hockey League.
https://www.nhl.com/goldenknights/player/dylan-coghlan-84796…
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web search NEUTRAL — Coghlan has played in 29 games this season with Henderson. While his offensive numbers are down a bit from 2024-25 when he had 28 points in 36 games with Manitoba, he has still contributed five goals …
https://www.prohockeyrumors.com/players/dylan-coghlan
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“The 28-year-old defenseman spent most of the season in the American Hockey League”
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No evidence was found for this claim in the provided search results.
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“He’s played the last five playoff games with the recent injury to Jeremy Lauzon”
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“Vegas also had 23 blocked shots”
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“Valeri Nichushkin had a goal at 5:53 of the third to make it 3-1”
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“Mitch Marner added an assist for Vegas to give him 19 points (seven goals, 12 assists) in this postseason”
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“It was Dorofeyev’s league-leading 10th goal of this postseason”
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“The Golden Knights didn’t have injured captain Mark Stone”
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“Game 2 is Friday night”
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“The Avalanche dropped their first game at home after winning five straight through the first two rounds”
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“Wedgewood made 24 saves”
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“Coghlan has bounced around over his career, spending his first two seasons with Vegas before stints with Carolina and Winnipeg”
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“He returned to the Golden Knights last July”
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“The Golden Knights and Avalanche are meeting in a best-of-seven series for the second time”
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“In 2021, Colorado won the opening two games of their second-round series before Vegas captured four straight”
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