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Vegas Golden Knights at Colorado Avalanche

Rogers Place, Edmonton Playoffs Final/OT

Final score

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Colorado Avalanche 4–3 in overtime on Saturday, August 8, 2020 on the road.

Team Goals 2019-2020 record
Vegas Golden Knights 4 39-24-8
at Colorado Avalanche 3 42-20-8

Goals by period

Team Total
Vegas Golden Knights 0 2 1 1 4
Colorado Avalanche 0 2 1 0 3

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Vegas Golden Knights 5 9 9 3 26
Colorado Avalanche 10 15 9 1 35

Three stars

  1. J. Marchessault, Vegas Golden Knights (2 goals)
  2. M. Stone, Vegas Golden Knights (1 assist)
  3. J. Compher, Colorado Avalanche (1 goal, 1 assist)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
2nd 01:34 Vegas Golden Knights Jonathan Marchessault (1) Shea Theodore (1), William Karlsson (2) Power play VGK 1, COL 0
2nd 06:46 Colorado Avalanche Nathan MacKinnon (1) Nazem Kadri (2), Mikko Rantanen (3) Power play VGK 1, COL 1
2nd 12:55 Vegas Golden Knights Nicolas Roy (1) Ryan Reaves (2), Shea Theodore (2) Even strength VGK 2, COL 1
2nd 14:51 Colorado Avalanche Joonas Donskoi (2) J.T. Compher (1), Andre Burakovsky (2) Even strength VGK 2, COL 2
3rd 03:02 Vegas Golden Knights Jonathan Marchessault (2) Unassisted Even strength, Penalty shot VGK 3, COL 2
3rd 18:58 Colorado Avalanche J.T. Compher (1) Nazem Kadri (3), Mikko Rantanen (4) Even strength VGK 3, COL 3
OT 04:44 Vegas Golden Knights Alex Tuch (3) Mark Stone (3) Even strength VGK 4, COL 3

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

Team stats

Stat Vegas Golden Knights Colorado Avalanche
Shots on goal 26 35
Power play 1 of 4 1 of 6
Penalty minutes 14 10
Hits 27 18
Blocked shots 23 13
Giveaways 6 7
Takeaways 9 2
Faceoffs won 31/60 (51.7%) 29/60 (48.3%)

Box score

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters
Player
10 N. Roy C 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 44.4% 14:24
19 R. Smith R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 17:58
20 C. Stephenson C 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 71.4% 17:10
21 N. Cousins C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 0 0 11:26
26 P. Stastny C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 61.9% 18:39
28 W. Carrier L 0 0 0 +1 0 0 2 0 0 07:07
61 M. Stone R 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 100% 18:22
71 W. Karlsson C 0 1 1 -1 0 5 3 0 0 28.6% 21:13
75 R. Reaves R 0 1 1 +1 2 0 3 1 0 08:15
81 J. Marchessault R 2 0 2 +1 2 4 2 0 1 16:58
89 A. Tuch R 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 14:40
92 T. Nosek L 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 0 0 80% 12:19
2 Z. Whitecloud D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 4 0 16:27
3 B. McNabb D 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 17:45
22 N. Holden D 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 11:24
23 A. Martinez D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 1 7 0 24:27
27 S. Theodore D 0 2 2 0 0 4 0 2 0 24:05
88 N. Schmidt D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 2 0 26:55
Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie
90 R. Lehner 35 32 3 .914 64:44 Win

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters
Player
11 M. Calvert L 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 1 0 12:53
13 V. Nichushkin R 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 13:35
29 N. MacKinnon C 1 0 1 0 4 4 2 0 1 41.2% 23:59
37 J. Compher L 1 1 2 +2 0 3 0 1 0 45.5% 13:56
41 P. Bellemare L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 62.5% 12:40
72 J. Donskoi R 1 0 1 +1 2 2 0 0 0 12:00
83 M. Nieto L 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 0 0 12:44
90 V. Namestnikov C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 14:19
91 N. Kadri C 0 2 2 +1 0 5 1 0 0 50% 21:14
92 G. Landeskog L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 66.7% 23:52
95 A. Burakovsky L 0 1 1 +1 0 0 0 1 0 10:44
96 M. Rantanen R 0 2 2 +1 0 6 2 0 0 50% 23:24
6 E. Johnson D 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 0 19:51
8 C. Makar D 0 0 0 +2 0 1 2 0 0 24:08
16 N. Zadorov D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 2 0 13:17
27 R. Graves D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 1 2 0 18:23
28 I. Cole D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 3 0 14:56
49 S. Girard D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 1 0 20:55
Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie
31 P. Grubauer 26 22 4 .846 63:04 OT loss

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 04:37 Vegas Golden Knights Brayden McNabb Boarding 2
1st 12:26 Colorado Avalanche Joonas Donskoi Interference 2
1st 17:36 Vegas Golden Knights Brayden McNabb Interference 2
1st 18:08 Vegas Golden Knights Nicolas Roy Hooking 2
2nd 00:32 Colorado Avalanche Nathan MacKinnon Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
2nd 05:16 Vegas Golden Knights Ryan Reaves Roughing 2
2nd 09:47 Vegas Golden Knights Jonathan Marchessault Tripping 2
2nd 15:13 Colorado Avalanche Matt Nieto Holding 2
3rd 00:32 Vegas Golden Knights Nate Schmidt High sticking 2
3rd 03:02 Colorado Avalanche Ryan Graves Ps tripping on breakaway (penalty shot) 0
3rd 10:05 Colorado Avalanche Matt Calvert Roughing 2
3rd 10:05 Vegas Golden Knights Tomas Nosek Roughing 2
3rd 11:56 Colorado Avalanche Nathan MacKinnon Interference 2

Game information

Vegas Golden Knights head coach
Peter DeBoer
Colorado Avalanche head coach
Jared Bednar
Referees
Jon McIsaac, Chris Rooney
Linesmen
Scott Cherrey, Kiel Murchison
Vegas Golden Knights scratches
Deryk Engelland, Max Pacioretty, Jon Merrill, Oscar Dansk, Patrick Brown, Reid Duke, Keegan Kolesar, Dylan Coghlan, Gage Quinney, Nicolas Hague, Peyton Krebs
Colorado Avalanche scratches
Michael Hutchinson, Mark Barberio, Kevin Connauton, T.J. Tynan, Anton Lindholm, Tyson Jost, Conor Timmins, Shane Bowers, Sheldon Dries, Logan O'Connor, Bowen Byram

2019-2020 season series

Matchup Status Details
Colorado Avalanche 6 at Vegas Golden Knights 1 Final Game page
Colorado Avalanche 7 at Vegas Golden Knights 3 Final Game page
Vegas Golden Knights 4 at Colorado Avalanche 3 Final/OT Playoffs Game page

Other NHL games on Aug 8

Matchup Status Details
Philadelphia Flyers 4 at Tampa Bay Lightning 1 Final Playoffs Game page

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