Thursday Worlds / Stanley Cup Playoffs GameDay

Pavel Dorofeyev notched his NHL-leading 10th goal of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, and Dylan Coghlan, Brett Howden, and Nic Dowd also lit the lamp as the Vegas Golden Knights held off the Colorado Avalanche for a 4-2 win in Game 1 of the Western Confernce Final at Ball Arena in Denver. Carter Hart stopped 36 of 28 shots for the Golden Knights. Valeri Nichushkin and Gabriel Landeskog scored for the Avalanche, and Scott Wedgewood made 24 saves. IIHF World Championship Matthew Tkachuk logged 23:10 of i