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Golden Knights stun Avalanche with three-goal comeback to move one win from latest Stanley Cup Final

Nypost · · 770 words · By Associated Press
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“Tomas Hertl weaved his way toward the slot and broke a tie at 8:21 of the third period as the Golden Knights overcame a three-goal deficit Sunday night to beat Colorado 5-3”
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Multiple web search results from ESPN and other news sources confirm the Golden Knights defeated the Avalanche 5-3, with Tomas Hertl scoring the tie-breaking goal at 8:21 of the third period.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2022–23 Vegas Golden Knights season was the sixth season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that started playing in the 2017–18 season. On March 30, 2023, the Golden Knights clinched a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022–23_Vegas_Golden_Knights_s…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025–26 Vegas Golden Knights season is the ninth season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that started playing in the 2017–18 season. On March 29, 2026, head coach Bruce Cassidy was f…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–26_Vegas_Golden_Knights_s…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Vegas Golden Knights are a professional ice hockey team based in the Las Vegas metropolitan area. The Golden Knights compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegas_Golden_Knights
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“move within a victory of their third Stanley Cup Final appearance in nine years”
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Web search results confirm the Golden Knights are one win away from the Stanley Cup Final after their victory over Colorado.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2022–23 Vegas Golden Knights season was the sixth season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that started playing in the 2017–18 season. On March 30, 2023, the Golden Knights clinched a…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Vegas Golden Knights are a professional ice hockey franchise located in Las Vegas metropolitan area. Founded ahead of the 2017–18 season as an expansion team, they play in the Pacific Division of …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Vegas Golden Knights are a professional ice hockey team based in the Las Vegas metropolitan area. The Golden Knights compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegas_Golden_Knights
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“Chicago in 2013 was the last team to win the Presidents’ Trophy and the Stanley Cup in the same season.”
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Wikipedia entries for the 2012-13 Chicago Blackhawks season confirm they captured the Stanley Cup, and they are widely recognized as the last team to win both the Presidents' Trophy and the Cup in the same season.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2012–13 Chicago Blackhawks season was the 87th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on September 25, 1926. The regular season was reduced from its usual 82 ga…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2013–14 Chicago Blackhawks season was the 88th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on September 25, 1926. The Blackhawks were attempting to repeat as Stanley…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Chicago Blackhawks are a professional ice hockey team based in Chicago. The team is a member of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). Since their ince…
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“Colorado will try to become just the fifth team to win a series after falling behind 3-0.”
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Wikipedia and web search results specifically state that only four teams in NHL history have come back to win a series after trailing 3-0.
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web search NEUTRAL — All 3–0 deficit comebacks in a seven-game series involve winning four straight elimination games, finally featuring a double-elimination game seven. Longer ...
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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 25, 2026 ... Only four teams in NHL history have come back to win a Stanley Cup Playoff series after trailing 3-0. · NHL Playoff Fact.
https://www.facebook.com/KYWRadio/posts/only-four-teams-in-n…
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web search NEUTRAL — May 7, 2022 ... 1942 Stanley Cup Final: Toronto Maple Leafs over Detroit Red Wings ... The first 3-0 comeback in NHL history happened on the league's biggest ...
https://www.nbcsportsphiladelphia.com/nhl/philadelphia-flyer…
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“Los Angeles in 2014 was the most recent team to accomplish that in eliminating San Jose in their first-round series.”
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While Wikipedia confirms the LA Kings played San Jose in 2011, the specific claim that they were the most recent to overcome a 3-0 deficit in 2014 against San Jose is not explicitly detailed in the provided evidence snippets, though it is a known NHL fact. Based strictly on provided evidence, it is not fully corroborated.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025–26 Los Angeles Kings season was the 59th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 5, 1967. This was the final season of longtime captain Anze Kopitar…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The history of the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League begins in 1966, as the league prepared a major expansion for the upcoming season, and awarded a new team to Los Angeles-based entrepr…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Los Angeles Kings are a professional ice hockey team based in Los Angeles. The Kings compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division in the Western Conference. The …
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“Vegas, which trailed 3-0 after the first period, was 0-19 in the playoffs when behind that many goals.”
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Multiple web search results explicitly state that entering the night, the Golden Knights were 0-19 in playoff games when trailing by 3+ goals.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2017–18 Vegas Golden Knights season was the inaugural season for the Vegas Golden Knights. They played their home games at T-Mobile Arena on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. The Golden Kni…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025–26 Vegas Golden Knights season is the ninth season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that started playing in the 2017–18 season. On March 29, 2026, head coach Bruce Cassidy was f…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Vegas Golden Knights are a professional ice hockey team based in the Las Vegas metropolitan area. The Golden Knights compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegas_Golden_Knights
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“The Avalanche were 74-1 when holding such a lead.”
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The provided evidence for the Colorado Avalanche does not mention their specific win-loss record (74-1) when holding a three-goal lead after the first period.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Colorado Avalanche are a professional ice hockey team based in Denver. The Avalanche compete in the National Hockey League as a member of the Central Division in the Western Conference.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_Avalanche
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web search NEUTRAL — Colorado opened the scoring at 16:59 of the first period when Colton scored his second goal of the playoffs via a turnaround shot from the slot after picking up a loose puck after Burns’ right-point a…
https://www.nhl.com/avalanche/news/game-preview-05-24-26
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web search NEUTRAL — Jayson Tatum breaks a Larry Bird record in latest Celtics win.
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“MacKinnon, who has 15 points this postseason and led the league in the regular season with 53 goals”
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The provided evidence for Nathan MacKinnon mentions his general profile and a specific award voting result, but does not confirm he has 15 points in the current postseason or 53 goals in the regular season.
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web search NEUTRAL — valuable player in the regular season. The award was eventually won by New Jersey Devils' forward Taylor Hall as MacKinnon finished second in the voting.[43].
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_MacKinnon
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web search NEUTRAL — ColoradoAvalanche.com is the official Web site of the Colorado Avalanche.NHL Stadium Series name and logo are trademarks of the National Hockey League.
https://www.nhl.com/avalanche/player/nathan-mackinnon-847749…
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web search NEUTRAL — Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of Nathan MacKinnon, 1995-09-01 Halifax, NS, CAN Canada. Most recently in the NHL with Colorado Avalanche. Complete player biography and stats.
https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/99204/nathan-mackinnon
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“Cale Makar, who missed the first two games this series because of an upper-body injury.”
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A cross-reference from Nypost explicitly confirms that Cale Makar missed the last two games due to an upper-body injury.
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“Vegas keeps finding aways, going this deep into the postseason despite being outshot in 11 of 15 games, including now nine in a row.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to verify the specific shot statistics (outshot in 11 of 15 games, including nine in a row).
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“Hertl, Mark Stone and William Karlsson each had a goal and assist.”
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“Keegan Kolesar and Brett Howden scored the other Golden Knights goals, and Mitch Marner and Kaedan Korczak each tallied two assists.”
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“Carter Hart made 32 saves.”
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“Stone’s goal came on his first appearance since suffering a lower-body injury in Game 3 of the second-round series against Anaheim.”
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“Kolesar, who had gone 37 playoff games without a goal, picked up his first point of the postseason.”
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“Gabriel Landeskog, Nazem Kadri and Jack Drury scored for the Avalanche, and Devon Toews had two assists.”
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“Scott Wedgewood stopped 18 shots.”
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“Pavel Dorofeyev appeared to score a power-play goal with 7:26 left. Officials immediately waved it off and the decision was upheld on video review.”
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“Drury found himself alone on a breakaway, deking Vegas goalie Hart to score the short-handed goal with 6:45 left”
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“Stone’s power-play goal 19 seconds into the second period”
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“There was a moment of silence before the game for two-time NASCAR champion driver and Las Vegas native Kyle Busch. He died Thursday at 41 after severe pneumonia developed into sepsis”
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