{"id":580,"date":"2026-05-27T05:38:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T05:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=580"},"modified":"2026-05-27T05:38:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T05:38:38","slug":"golden-knights-advance-to-stanley-cup-final-with-sweep-of-avalanche","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=580","title":{"rendered":"Golden Knights advance to Stanley Cup Final with sweep of Avalanche"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>By Danny Webster, Las Vegas Review-Journal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>LAS VEGAS \u2014 The Vegas Golden Knights are heading to the Stanley Cup Final after completing a four-game sweep of the Colorado Avalanche with a 2-1 win in Game 4 of the Western Conference final at T-Mobile Arena on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=578\">CCS roundup: Mitty routs top seed Carmel 21-0 to reach D-II baseball final<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Knights will play for the Stanley Cup for the third time in their nine-year history and for the second time in four years.<\/p>\n<p>They captured their first championship in 2023 with a five-game victory over the Florida Panthers. The Knights will face the winner of the Montreal Canadiens and Carolina Hurricanes in the Eastern Conference final.<\/p>\n<p>Captain Mark Stone scored for the second straight game, and winger Cole Smith added an insurance goal with 5:45 remaining.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=576\">SF Giants make wrong kind of history in fifth straight loss to Diamondbacks<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Goaltender Carter Hart finished with 18 saves and carried a shutout until 2:03 remaining when Colorado captain Gabriel Landeskog scored on a deflection.<\/p>\n<p>Colorado\u2019s Mackenzie Blackwood, an ex-Sharks goaltender, made 24 saves in his first start of the series.<\/p>\n<p>The Knights became the seventh team in NHL history to sweep a best-of-seven series against the NHL\u2019s top team during the regular season.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=574\">California education groups demand state legislature reject Newsom\u2019s plan to withhold school funding<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Knights will play for the Stanley Cup for the third time in their nine-year history and for the second time in four years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":579,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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