Golden Knights book trip to Stanley Cup Final after controversial coach firing

The Vegas Golden Knights punched their summons to the Stanley Cup Final for the 3rd clip successful its abbreviated past connected Tuesday nighttime arsenic they swept the Colorado Avalanche 4-0.

The Golden Knights accomplished the feat aft making a bizarre determination toward the extremity of the regular season. Vegas made the abrupt determination of firing caput manager Bruce Cassidy and replacing him with John Tortorella with conscionable 8 games near successful the regular season.

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Vegas caput manager John Tortorella's refusal to talk to the media aft Game 6 against the Anaheim Ducks is costing him and the squad much than they astir apt expected. (Rob Gray-Imagn Images)

Vegas won 7 of its past 8 games of the season, lone losing successful a shootout to the Seattle Kraken. The surge helped the squad solidify a spot successful the playoffs. They aboriginal defeated the Utah Mammoth and Anaheim Ducks successful six games each connected their mode to knocking disconnected the Western Conference’s apical seed, the Avalanche.

"It's by acold our champion game," Tortorella said aft the Game 4 win. "(Checking is) thing we've been concentrating on, and I deliberation we've gotten amended and amended done the rounds. But tonight's crippled was our champion checking effort, and that's a hellhole of a hockey squad we played implicit there."

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Vegas Golden Knights caput manager John Tortorella watches during the archetypal play of Game 1 successful the Western Conference finals against the Colorado Avalanche successful Denver connected May 20, 2026. (David Zalubowski/AP)

Mark Stone and Cole Smith scored successful the Golden Knights’ 2-1 win.

Golden Knights goaltender Carter Hart made 20 saves and believed that the team’s defence was frustrating Colorado.

"I deliberation erstwhile we scored that archetypal goal, successful the 2nd and 3rd play we conscionable benignant of locked it down and kept unit connected them," Hart said. "We did a large job. We had immoderate immense blocks tonight."

Tortorella is present 4 wins distant from picking up the 2nd Stanley Cup rubric of his career. He guided the Tampa Bay Lightning to the title successful 2004 but hasn’t been backmost since.

Vegas Golden Knights centers Colton Sissons, Tomas Hertl and Jack Eichel observe aft winning Game 4 of the Western Conference finals against the Colorado Avalanche successful Las Vegas connected May 26, 2026. (John Locher/AP)

Vegas Golden Knights close helping Mark Stone celebrates aft winning Game 4 of the Western Conference finals Stanley Cup playoff bid against the Colorado Avalanche successful Las Vegas connected May 26, 2026. (John Locher/AP)

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Vegas volition conscionable the victor of the bid betwixt the Carolina Hurricanes and Montreal Canadiens.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.