Trent Miner blanks Henderson as Eagles take Game 1, 1-0

Trent Miner turned Game 1 into a shutout statement, and Colorado suddenly owns the edge in the Pacific Division semifinal. The Eagles opened the best-of-five with a 1-0 win over the Henderson Silver Knights at Lee’s Family Forum in Henderson, Nevada, with Miner’s 18-save blanking giving Colorado a 1-0 series lead and putting the pressure squarely on the home side.

Alex Barré-Boulet supplied the only goal, finishing a power play with 2:20 left in the first period to give Colorado the lead it never gave back. From there, Miner took over the night. He erased every Henderson chance he saw, controlled the crease cleanly and delivered his second shutout of the 2026 Calder Cup Playoffs. In three postseason starts, Miner is 3-0 with a .984 save percentage and has allowed just one goal on 63 shots.

That kind of goaltending changes a series fast, especially against a team that had been rolling offensively. Henderson came in averaging 4.52 goals per game over its previous 29 contests, but Colorado held the Silver Knights to only 18 shots total. The squeeze got even tighter in the third period, when Henderson managed just five shots while trying to force the equalizer. For a club built on pace and finishing, that was a hard stop.

Carl Lindbom did what he could to keep Henderson close, stopping 32 shots in defeat. The loss was his first in regulation since Jan. 18 at Colorado and snapped a 20-0-2 run, which shows just how rare this result was. Henderson did not just lose a game; it ran into a playoff game that stripped away its usual offensive rhythm and turned every scoring chance into a grind.

Colorado did not need volume to make the result stand up. It needed one power-play finish, one airtight night from Miner and enough discipline to keep Henderson chasing from behind. That combination gave the Eagles a clean road win and a chance to push the series to the brink when Game 2 is scheduled for Monday in Henderson. If Miner keeps seeing the puck like this, Colorado’s postseason path gets a lot harder for everyone else.