{"id":314867,"date":"2026-05-14T04:42:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T04:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/314867\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T04:42:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T04:42:07","slug":"avalanche-to-play-golden-knights-or-ducks-in-western-conference-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/314867\/","title":{"rendered":"Avalanche to play Golden Knights or Ducks in Western Conference Final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Avalanche went 2-0-1 against the Golden Knights in the regular season. Necas had six points (three goals, three assists), and MacKinnon had four points (one goal, three assists).<\/p>\n<p>Wedgewood was 2-0-0 with a 3.38 GAA and .854 save percentage. Blackwood allowed three goals on 29 shots in his only start, a 3-2 overtime loss on April 11.<\/p>\n<p>Forwards <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/tomas-hertl-8476881\" title=\"Tomas Hertl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tomas Hertl<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/mitchell-marner-8478483\" title=\"Mitch Marner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mitch Marner<\/a>\u00a0each had four points (one goal, three assists) against the Avalanche in the regular season, and 10 players had one goal each.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/carter-hart-8479394\" title=\"Carter Hart\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Carter Hart<\/a> was 1-0-1 with a 3.32 GAA and .901 save percentage in two regular-season games against the Avalanche. Backup goalies <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/adin-hill-8478499\" title=\"Adin Hill\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Adin Hill<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/akira-schmid-8481033\" title=\"Akira Schmid\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Akira Schmid<\/a> have not played in the playoffs and did not face the Avalanche in the regular season. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/carl-lindbom-8482761\" title=\"Carl Lindbom\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Carl Lindbom<\/a>, who is now with Henderson of the American Hockey League, lost his only start, allowing three goals on 25 shots in a 4-2 loss on Oct. 31.<\/p>\n<p>The Avalanche and Golden Knights have played once in the playoffs with Vegas winning in six games in the second round in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Colorado went 2-0-1 against Anaheim this season. Makar (one goal, three assists), MacKinnon (four assists) and center <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/brock-nelson-8475754\" title=\"Brock Nelson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brock Nelson<\/a> (four assists) each had four points. Forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/parker-kelly-8480448\" title=\"Parker Kelly\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Parker Kelly<\/a>\u00a0had three goals and\u00a0Landeskog, Necas and forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/artturi-lehkonen-8477476\" title=\"Artturi Lehkonen\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Artturi Lehkonen<\/a>\u00a0each had two goals.<\/p>\n<p>Wedgewood made all three starts, going 2-0-1 and allowing three goals on 80 shots (0.97 GAA, .963 save percentage).<\/p>\n<p>Anaheim scored three regulation goals in the three games against Colorado, from forwards <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/cutter-gauthier-8483445\" title=\"Cutter Gauthier\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cutter Gauthier<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/jeffrey-viel-8479705\" title=\"Jeffrey Viel\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jeffrey Viel<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/leo-carlsson-8484153\" title=\"Leo Carlsson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Leo Carlsson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/lukas-dostal-8480843\" title=\"Lukas Dostal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lukas Dostal<\/a> was 1-2-0 with a 2.94 GAA and .912 save percentage against the Avalanche.<\/p>\n<p>The Avalanche and Ducks have played once in the playoffs, with Anaheim sweeping Colorado in the 2006 Western Conference Semifinals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Avalanche went 2-0-1 against the Golden Knights in the regular season. 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