The hockey world is furious after viral missed call involving Jared Bednar and Colorado

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Vincent Carbonneau
May 27, 2026  (5:22)

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Mark Stone and John Tortorella just dragged Vegas into the Stanley Cup Final after a ruthless 4-game sweep of Colorado.

That is the kind of result nobody in the West can brush off.

The Golden Knights beat the Avalanche 2-1 on Tuesday night and closed the Western Conference Final without giving Colorado a single win.

And this was not some wild upset built on luck.

Vegas looked tighter, calmer, and harder at the key moments all series, then finished the job by knocking out the Presidents' Trophy winner in 4 straight.

Stone set the tone again.

He opened the scoring only 4:42 into the first period after grabbing a lob pass at the blue line and breaking in alone before beating Mackenzie Blackwood with a clean deke.

That goal felt bigger than 1-0.

It told Colorado right away this was going to be another night where Vegas got the first punch and made the Avalanche chase.

Cole Smith gave Vegas breathing room later in the third when he tipped Dylan Coghlan's shot through Blackwood at 14:15.

However, one play in particular caught the attention of fans...

Here it is :

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That is the real story sitting underneath the sweep.

The Golden Knights nearly missed the playoffs before the organization fired Bruce Cassidy with 8 games left in the regular season and handed the bench to Tortorella.

All Tortorella did after that was go 7-0-1 to close the regular season, then push Vegas through Utah, Anaheim, and now Colorado to reach the Final.

That is not a hot streak anymore.

That is a coach grabbing a room fast and getting every ounce out of it at exactly the right time.

Carter Hart did the rest Tuesday, stopping 20 of 21 shots and holding firm until Gabriel Landeskog finally broke through with 2:03 left after Colorado had already pulled its goalie.

By then, Vegas had already done what it wanted all night.

It had kept the Avalanche frustrated, limited the clean offense, and forced Colorado to keep looking for one big push that never really came.

For the Avalanche, this is brutal.

This team stormed through the season, posted an 8-1 playoff run before this round, and still got swept off the ice when the pressure got heaviest.

For Vegas, it is another trip to the biggest stage.

Third Stanley Cup Final in 9 years.

And now the rest of the league gets to watch what happens when a dangerous team finds its edge at exactly the right time.

Previously

Mitch Marner just expanded his attack on Toronto and the whole Leafs organization is now in it

Mackenzie Blackwood's raw reaction to elimination is going viral fast

Vancouver Canucks are about to flip the script on their draft plan and the fanbase is unhinged

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