Colorado Avalanche at Vegas Golden Knights

Thursday, September 28, 2017, 10:00 PM ET T-Mobile Arena, Paradise Preseason Final

Final score

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4–2 on Thursday, September 28, 2017 on the road.

Final score, Colorado Avalanche at Vegas Golden Knights
Team	Goals	2017-2018 record
Colorado Avalanche	4	43-30-9
at Vegas Golden Knights	2	51-24-7

Goals by period

Goals by period, Colorado Avalanche at Vegas Golden Knights
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Colorado Avalanche	2	0	2	4
Vegas Golden Knights	0	1	1	2

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Colorado Avalanche at Vegas Golden Knights
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Colorado Avalanche	8	8	6	22
Vegas Golden Knights	8	15	13	36

Three stars

S. Varlamov, Colorado Avalanche (goaltender)
S. Andrighetto, Colorado Avalanche (1 goal, 1 assist)
S. Theodore, Vegas Golden Knights (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Colorado Avalanche at Vegas Golden Knights. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	16:24	Colorado Avalanche	Nail Yakupov (1)	Alexander Kerfoot (3), Chris Bigras (3)	Even strength	COL 1, VGK 0
1st	19:11	Colorado Avalanche	Sven Andrighetto (2)	Erik Johnson (2), Anton Lindholm (2)	Even strength	COL 2, VGK 0
2nd	06:20	Vegas Golden Knights	Colin Miller (1)	Vadim Shipachyov (1), Reilly Smith (2)	Even strength	COL 2, VGK 1
3rd	06:33	Colorado Avalanche	Mikko Rantanen (3)	Nathan MacKinnon (2), Sven Andrighetto (2)	Even strength	COL 3, VGK 1
3rd	11:12	Vegas Golden Knights	Shea Theodore (1)	Cody Eakin (3)	Even strength	COL 3, VGK 2
3rd	16:53	Colorado Avalanche	Tyson Jost (1)	J.T. Compher (1), Chris Bigras (4)	Even strength	COL 4, VGK 2

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Team stats, Colorado Avalanche at Vegas Golden Knights
Stat	Colorado Avalanche	Vegas Golden Knights
Shots on goal	22	36
Power play	0 of 4	0 of 7
Penalty minutes	14	8
Hits	20	10
Blocked shots	18	6
Giveaways	8	11
Takeaways	12	16
Faceoffs won	28/61 (45.9%)	33/61 (54.1%)

Box score

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 9 M. Duchene	C	0	0	0	+1	2	2	0	1	60%	14:54
Number 10 S. Andrighetto	R	1	1	2	+3	2	1	0	0		12:31
Number 13 A. Kerfoot	C	0	1	1	+1	2	0	2	0		15:27
Number 14 B. Comeau	L	0	0	0	-2	0	1	2	2		11:43
Number 17 T. Jost	C	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	1	55.6%	14:21
Number 22 C. Wilson	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	100%	16:16
Number 29 N. MacKinnon	C	0	1	1	+2	2	1	0	0	33.3%	14:48
Number 37 J. Compher	L	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	2	30%	17:10
Number 64 N. Yakupov	R	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	1		13:29
Number 83 M. Nieto	L	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0		12:31
Number 92 G. Landeskog	L	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	1	66.7%	16:54
Number 96 M. Rantanen	R	1	0	1	+2	0	3	2	0		11:39
Number 3 C. Bigras	D	0	2	2	+1	0	0	0	2		17:17
Number 4 T. Barrie	D	0	0	0	+2	0	0	2	0		19:07
Number 5 D. Warsofsky	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0		15:22
Number 6 E. Johnson	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	3	3		26:19
Number 16 N. Zadorov	D	0	0	0	-2	2	0	2	2		18:38
Number 54 A. Lindholm	D	0	1	1	+1	2	0	4	2		17:34

Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 1 S. Varlamov	36	34	2	.944	60:00	Win

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 13 B. Leipsic	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		14:28
Number 19 R. Smith	R	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0		17:42
Number 21 C. Eakin	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	78.9%	20:06
Number 24 O. Lindberg	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1	28.6%	14:06
Number 28 W. Carrier	L	0	0	0	-1	4	3	1	0		09:23
Number 38 T. Hyka	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		17:05
Number 41 P. Bellemare	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	40%	09:27
Number 57 D. Perron	L	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	33.3%	16:22
Number 71 W. Karlsson	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	1	100%	19:46
Number 81 J. Marchessault	R	0	0	0	-1	0	5	1	0	72.7%	14:46
Number 87 V. Shipachyov	C	0	1	1	-1	2	3	0	0		16:38
Number 89 A. Tuch	R	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	1	50%	17:50
Number 3 B. McNabb	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0		14:16
Number 4 C. Stoner	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	1		14:15
Number 6 C. Miller	D	1	0	1	0	2	2	1	1		18:12
Number 27 S. Theodore	D	1	0	1	-1	0	3	1	0		19:18
Number 77 B. Hunt	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		18:52
Number 88 N. Schmidt	D	0	0	0	-1	0	5	0	0		23:12

Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 29 M. Fleury	22	18	4	.818	56:31	Loss

Penalties

Penalties, Colorado Avalanche at Vegas Golden Knights
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	02:47	Vegas Golden Knights	William Carrier	Tripping	2
1st	06:30	Colorado Avalanche	Matt Duchene	Slashing	2
1st	13:14	Colorado Avalanche	Alexander Kerfoot	Hooking	2
2nd	06:42	Vegas Golden Knights	Vadim Shipachyov	Hooking	2
2nd	09:53	Colorado Avalanche	Anton Lindholm	Slashing	2
2nd	12:26	Colorado Avalanche	Nikita Zadorov	Interference	2
2nd	14:16	Vegas Golden Knights	William Carrier	Closing hand on puck	2
2nd	16:09	Colorado Avalanche	Nathan MacKinnon	Interference	2
3rd	04:21	Colorado Avalanche	Sven Andrighetto	Holding	2
3rd	08:07	Colorado Avalanche	Gabriel Landeskog	Hooking	2
3rd	14:04	Vegas Golden Knights	Colin Miller	Interference	2

Game information

Colorado Avalanche head coach: Jared Bednar
Vegas Golden Knights head coach: Gerard Gallant
Referees: Kyle Rehman, Jake Brenk
Linesmen: Trent Knorr, Darren Gibbs
Colorado Avalanche scratches: Carl Soderberg, Jonathan Bernier, Trent Vogelhuber, Joe Colborne, Mark Barberio, Jared Cowen, Gabriel Bourque, Andrew Agozzino, Sam Brittain, Brendan Ranford, Alex Belzile, Rocco Grimaldi, Duncan Siemens, Dominic Toninato, Jesse Graham, Felix Girard, Reid Petryk, Nolan De Jong, Gage Ausmus, Ben Storm, Mason Geertsen, Spencer Martin, Maximilian Pajpach, Julien Nantel, A.J. Greer, Nicolas Meloche, J.C. Beaudin, Andrei Mironov, Sergei Boikov, Gustav Olhaver, Josh Anderson, Cam Morrison, Adam Werner, Travis Barron, Nathan Clurman, Shawn Ouellette-St. Amant, Brady Shaw, Conor Timmins, Nick Henry, Cale Makar, Igor Shvyrev, Nick Leivermann, Petr Kvaca, Denis Smirnov, Ty Lewis, Thomas Gregoire, Hugo Roy, Francis Leclerc, Sami Moilanen
Vegas Golden Knights scratches: Deryk Engelland, David Clarkson, Mikhail Grabovski, James Neal, Jason Garrison, Luca Sbisa, Erik Haula, Jon Merrill, Teemu Pulkkinen, Stephen MacAulay, Paul Thompson, T.J. Tynan, Maxime Lagace, Griffin Reinhart, Oscar Dansk, Stefan Matteau, Jake Bischoff, Nikita Gusev, Chris Casto, Nikolas Brouillard, Tomas Nosek, Reid Duke, Keegan Kolesar, Dylan Coghlan, Nicolas Hague, Jake Leschyshyn, Cody Glass, Jonas Rondbjerg, Nick Suzuki, Maksim Zhukov, Lucas Elvenes, Erik Brannstrom, Jack Dugan, Jiri Patera, Ben Jones, Dylan Ferguson, Nick Campoli, Griffen Outhouse, Logan Thompson, Dmitry Osipov

2017-2018 season series

Every Colorado Avalanche and Vegas Golden Knights game in the 2017-2018 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Vegas Golden Knights 4 at Colorado Avalanche 1	Final Preseason	Game page: Vegas Golden Knights at Colorado Avalanche, Tue, Sep 19, 2017
Colorado Avalanche 4 at Vegas Golden Knights 2	Final Preseason	Game page: Colorado Avalanche at Vegas Golden Knights, Thu, Sep 28, 2017

Other NHL games on Sep 28

Other NHL games on Thursday, September 28, 2017
Matchup	Status	Details
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 at Florida Panthers 5	Final Preseason	Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at Florida Panthers, Thu, Sep 28, 2017
Boston Bruins 1 at Philadelphia Flyers 5	Final Preseason	Game page: Boston Bruins at Philadelphia Flyers, Thu, Sep 28, 2017
Chicago Blackhawks 4 at Detroit Red Wings 2	Final Preseason	Game page: Chicago Blackhawks at Detroit Red Wings, Thu, Sep 28, 2017
Columbus Blue Jackets 4 at Nashville Predators 3	Final/2OT Preseason	Game page: Columbus Blue Jackets at Nashville Predators, Thu, Sep 28, 2017
Minnesota Wild 3 at St. Louis Blues 2	Final Preseason	Game page: Minnesota Wild at St. Louis Blues, Thu, Sep 28, 2017
Calgary Flames 1 at Vancouver Canucks 3	Final Preseason	Game page: Calgary Flames at Vancouver Canucks, Thu, Sep 28, 2017
San Jose Sharks 0 at Anaheim Ducks 3	Final Preseason	Game page: San Jose Sharks at Anaheim Ducks, Thu, Sep 28, 2017
Arizona Coyotes 1 at Los Angeles Kings 4	Final Preseason	Game page: Arizona Coyotes at Los Angeles Kings, Thu, Sep 28, 2017