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Vegas Golden Knights at Colorado Avalanche

Ball Arena, Denver Playoffs Final/OT

Final score

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Vegas Golden Knights 3–2 in overtime on Wednesday, June 2, 2021 at home.

Team Goals 2020-2021 record
Vegas Golden Knights 2 40-14-2
at Colorado Avalanche 3 39-13-4

Goals by period

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

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Vegas Golden Knights 9 16 15 1 41
Colorado Avalanche 11 6 6 2 25

Three stars

  1. P. Grubauer, Colorado Avalanche (goaltender)
  2. M. Rantanen, Colorado Avalanche (1 goal)
  3. C. Makar, Colorado Avalanche (1 assist)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 03:39 Colorado Avalanche Brandon Saad (5) Samuel Girard (4), Ryan Graves (5) Even strength VGK 0, COL 1
1st 09:32 Vegas Golden Knights Alec Martinez (2) Max Pacioretty (2), Shea Theodore (3) Power play VGK 1, COL 1
1st 17:08 Colorado Avalanche Tyson Jost (2) Samuel Girard (5), Devon Toews (4) Power play VGK 1, COL 2
2nd 10:28 Vegas Golden Knights Reilly Smith (2) Jonathan Marchessault (2), Shea Theodore (4) Even strength VGK 2, COL 2
OT 02:07 Colorado Avalanche Mikko Rantanen (3) Nathan MacKinnon (5), Cale Makar (6) Power play VGK 2, 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 41 25
Power play 1 of 3 2 of 6
Penalty minutes 12 6
Hits 21 22
Blocked shots 28 17
Giveaways 3 8
Takeaways 5 5
Faceoffs won 36/64 (56.3%) 28/64 (43.8%)

Box score

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters
Player
10 N. Roy C 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 50% 14:58
15 D. Sikura R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 09:08
19 R. Smith R 1 0 1 0 2 2 3 2 0 17:45
20 C. Stephenson C 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 56.5% 21:45
28 W. Carrier L 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 07:36
38 P. Brown C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 57.1% 07:34
55 K. Kolesar R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 100% 08:52
61 M. Stone R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 22:05
67 M. Pacioretty L 0 1 1 0 2 4 0 1 0 19:09
71 W. Karlsson C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 73.3% 18:44
81 J. Marchessault R 0 1 1 0 2 4 2 0 0 14:56
89 A. Tuch R 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 100% 14:23
2 Z. Whitecloud D 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 17:52
7 A. Pietrangelo D 0 0 0 -1 0 6 0 7 0 27:16
14 N. Hague D 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 14:16
22 N. Holden D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 3 2 0 16:39
23 A. Martinez D 1 0 1 -1 0 2 2 4 1 23:51
27 S. Theodore D 0 2 2 +1 2 3 1 2 0 22:53
Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie
29 M. Fleury 25 22 3 .880 62:07 Loss

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters
Player
13 V. Nichushkin R 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 15:09
17 T. Jost C 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 20% 16:45
18 A. Newhook C 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 06:08
20 B. Saad L 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 14:43
29 N. MacKinnon C 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 45.5% 24:06
37 J. Compher L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 40% 15:02
41 P. Bellemare L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 50% 09:00
72 J. Donskoi R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 18:12
75 S. Ranta L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 05:56
92 G. Landeskog L 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 61.1% 26:12
95 A. Burakovsky L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 100% 12:22
96 M. Rantanen R 1 0 1 0 0 5 2 0 1 25:05
7 D. Toews D 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 27:21
8 C. Makar D 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 28:45
22 C. Timmins D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 09:43
24 P. Nemeth D 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 13:38
27 R. Graves D 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 15:30
49 S. Girard D 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 22:02
Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie
31 P. Grubauer 41 39 2 .951 62:07 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 06:13 Vegas Golden Knights Nicolas Hague Holding 2
1st 08:36 Colorado Avalanche Alex Newhook Holding 2
1st 11:45 Vegas Golden Knights Max Pacioretty Holding 2
1st 15:38 Vegas Golden Knights Jonathan Marchessault Slashing 2
1st 17:50 Vegas Golden Knights Shea Theodore Delaying game puck over glass 2
2nd 13:05 Colorado Avalanche Patrik Nemeth Slashing 2
3rd 10:08 Vegas Golden Knights Alex Tuch Slashing 2
3rd 16:39 Colorado Avalanche Devon Toews Tripping 2
OT 00:44 Vegas Golden Knights Reilly Smith Slashing 2

Game information

Vegas Golden Knights head coach
Peter DeBoer
Colorado Avalanche head coach
Jared Bednar
Referees
Jean Hebert, Chris Lee
Linesmen
Devin Berg, David Brisebois
Vegas Golden Knights scratches
Ryan Reaves, Brayden McNabb, Robin Lehner, Mattias Janmark, Carl Dahlstrom, Tomas Nosek, Dylan Coghlan, Cody Glass, Jonas Rondbjerg, Jack Dugan, Jiri Patera, Jimmy Schuldt, Peyton Krebs, Kaedan Korczak
Colorado Avalanche scratches
Carl Soderberg, Nazem Kadri, T.J. Tynan, Miikka Salomaki, Liam O'Brien, Jayson Megna, Kyle Burroughs, Jonas Johansson, Dennis Gilbert, Dan Renouf, Keaton Middleton, Jacob MacDonald, Adam Werner, Kiefer Sherwood, Martin Kaut, Justus Annunen, Bowen Byram

2020-2021 season series

Matchup Status Details
Colorado Avalanche 0 at Vegas Golden Knights 1 Final Game page
Colorado Avalanche 3 at Vegas Golden Knights 2 Final Game page
Vegas Golden Knights 2 at Colorado Avalanche 3 Final Game page
Vegas Golden Knights 3 at Colorado Avalanche 0 Final Game page
Vegas Golden Knights 1 at Colorado Avalanche 5 Final Game page
Vegas Golden Knights 3 at Colorado Avalanche 2 Final/OT Game page
Colorado Avalanche 2 at Vegas Golden Knights 5 Final Game page
Colorado Avalanche 2 at Vegas Golden Knights 1 Final Game page
Vegas Golden Knights 1 at Colorado Avalanche 7 Final Playoffs Game page
Vegas Golden Knights 2 at Colorado Avalanche 3 Final/OT Playoffs Game page
Colorado Avalanche 2 at Vegas Golden Knights 3 Final Playoffs Game page
Colorado Avalanche 1 at Vegas Golden Knights 5 Final Playoffs Game page
Vegas Golden Knights 3 at Colorado Avalanche 2 Final/OT Playoffs Game page
Colorado Avalanche 3 at Vegas Golden Knights 6 Final Playoffs Game page
Vegas Golden Knights at Colorado Avalanche Not needed Playoffs Game page

Other NHL games on Jun 2

Matchup Status Details
Montreal Canadiens 5 at Winnipeg Jets 3 Final Playoffs Game page

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