{"id":317340,"date":"2026-05-15T15:12:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T15:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/317340\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T15:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T15:12:10","slug":"golden-knights-win-5-1-advance-to-western-conference-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/317340\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Knights win 5-1, advance to Western Conference Finals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LAS VEGAS (KLAS) \u2014 The Vegas Golden Knights started fast in Anaheim for Game 6 and never looked back, advancing to the next round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>Mitch Marner, Brent Howden, and Shea Theodore continued their postseason scoring surges with goals in the opening period. The Golden Knights dominated throughout, defeating the Anaheim Ducks, 5-1, to win the series 4-2 and will meet the Colorado Avalanche in the Western Conference Finals.<\/p>\n<p>Pavol Dorofeyev scored two goals for the Golden Knights to pace the offensive attack as well. The Ducks\u2019 only goal was scored by Mikael Granlund in the second period. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_klas_articles_852\/59b17ccab207ec76e3de252d1acc9062.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Vegas Golden Knights right wing Keegan Kolesar (55) tries to score on Anaheim Ducks goaltender Lukas Dostal (1) as defenseman John Carlson (74) defends during the second period in Game 6 of a second-round NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoff series Thursday, May 14, 2026, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo\/Mark J. Terrill)<\/p>\n<p>The Golden Knights return to the Western Conference Finals for the first time since 2023, when they defeated the Dallas Stars in 6 games en route to winning their first Stanley Cup in franchise history. It will be the fifth conference finals appearance for the Golden Knights in their nine-year history.<\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t the first time the Golden Knights and Avalanche have met in the playoffs. In 2021, both teams met in the second round, where VGK defeated Colorado 4-2 after the Avalanche took a 2-0 series lead.<\/p>\n<p>The conference final is scheduled to start on Wednesday in Colorado, with the Avalanche going 2-0-1 against the Golden Knights\u00a0in the regular season.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KLAS.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.8newsnow.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KLAS.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LAS VEGAS (KLAS) \u2014 The Vegas Golden Knights started fast in Anaheim for Game 6 and never looked&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":317341,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,824,165,164,92,58068,823,132637],"class_list":["post-317340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-ducks","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news","tag-colorado-avalanche","tag-golden-knights","tag-mikael-granlund","tag-western-conference-finals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=317340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317340\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/317341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=317340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}