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Key takeaways
- Trailing 3-0 in the third period, Colorado made it 3-2 with 2:21 remaining on a power-play goal from Gabriel Landeskog.
- Coghlan scored his first NHL goal since Dec. 17, 2021.
- It was a smothering performance by the Golden Knights as they kept the pressure on Avalanche goaltender Scott Wedgewood while controlling the Avalanche's speed through the neutral zone.
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DENVER -- Dylan Coghlan scored his first playoff goal to get Vegas rolling, Carter Hart made 36 saves and the Golden Knights opened the Western Conference finals by holding off the Colorado Avalanche 4-2 on Wednesday night.
Trailing 3-0 in the third period, Colorado made it 3-2 with 2:21 remaining on a power-play goal from Gabriel Landeskog. Nic Dowd sealed the win for Vegas on an empty-net goal with 44.5 seconds left.
Pavel Dorofeyev and Brett Howden also scored for the Golden Knights, who took advantage of several defensive miscommunications by the Avalanche as they juggled their blue-line pairings with Cale Makar sidelined by injuries.
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