LIVE BLOG: Golden Knights vs. Avalanche: live score, updates, highlights from Game 3

The Vegas Golden Knights can move one step closer to playing for the Stanley Cup when they host the Colorado Avalanche in Game 3 of the Western Conference Final on Sunday at T-Mobile Arena.

The Knights lead the best-of-seven series 2-0 after sweeping both games in Colorado.

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Torts and Crim

A man from Brandon, Manitoba, and another from Boston come together to try and save a hockey team’s season.

That sounds like an awful plot to a buddy cop movie.

Kelly McCrimmon and John Tortorella knew each other prior to March 29, the day the Vegas Golden Knights made the most shocking coaching change in recent NHL memory.

Fast forward nearly two months later, and this unlikely partnership is two wins away from going to the Stanley Cup Final together.

— Danny Webster

Eichel makes statement in Game 2

There was going to come a time at some point this series that Jack Eichel needed to make a statement.

Eichel picked the right time with his first goal in 11 games on Friday that tied Game 2 against the Colorado Avalanche midway through the third period.

It was the moment the Vegas Golden Knights needed in their 3-1 win at Ball Arena to carry a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference Final back to Las Vegas with Game 3 at T-Mobile Arena at 5 p.m. on Sunday.

Series schedule

Game 1: Golden Knights 4, Avalanche 2

Game 2: Golden Knights 3, Avalanche 1

Game 3: Sunday, 5 p.m. at T-Mobile Arena (ESPN)

Game 4: Tuesday, 6 p.m. at T-Mobile Arena (ESPN)

*Game 5: Thursday, 5 p.m. at Ball Arena (ESPN)

*Game 6: May 30, 5 p.m. at T-Mobile Arena (ABC)

*Game 7: June 1, 5 p.m. at T-Mobile Arena (ESPN)

*if necessary

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