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The Vegas Golden Knights have defeated the Anaheim Ducks in the second round of the NHL’s Stanley Cup Playoffs and are now set to face off with the Colorado Avalanche in the Western Conference Final.

The Vegas Golden Knights are headed back to a familiar place, and John Tortorella believes they are arriving there with the right kind of confidence. After closing out Anaheim in Game 6, the Golden Knights returned to practice Saturday at City National Arena with a Western Conference Final matchup against Colorado waiting next week.

The Colorado Avalanche have successfully reached the conference final for the first time since the 2022 cup season and will host the Las Vegas Golden Knights for game one on Wednesday evening at Ball Arena.

Jared Bednar is pretty adept at finding nuggets of information to speak highly of an opponent, but he didn’t need to dig very far with the Vegas Golden Knights.