Deen’s Daily: Avalanche Face Adversity; What Went Wrong in Game 1; Vegas Building On Confidence

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May 20, 2026; Denver, Colorado, USA; Vegas Golden Knights center Nic Dowd (26) celebrates with center Jack Eichel (9)after scoring during the third period against the Colorado Avalanche in game one of the Western Conference Final of the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Ball Arena. Mandatory Credit: Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images

The Colorado Avalanche are facing adversity against the Vegas Golden Knights. Can they bounce back in Game 2 after making several mistakes in the opener? Also, the Knights, as you’d expect, are confident with their game.

All that and more on this edition of Deen’s Daily — May 21.

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The Avalanche dropped Game 1 at home to the Vegas Golden Knights. They’ll have to bounce back in Game 2 to make this a series before it shifts to T-Mobile Arena.

They’re not panicking after one game. And they shouldn’t be. This is a team that time and time again has found ways to respond when they have nights like this. But given the Cale Makar injury, and no word yet on his status for Game 2, there is some adversity facing them.

It’ll be interesting to see how they respond.

As you would imagine, the Golden Knights were pretty confident with that game, and they expressed that sentiment postgame.

Stanley Cup Playoffs Recap​

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Tonight’s Schedule​

• Game 1: Montreal Canadiens at Carolina Hurricanes (6 pm MT on TNT)

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