Colorado Avalanche at Vegas Golden Knights

Tuesday, September 28, 2021, 10:00 PM ET T-Mobile Arena, Paradise Preseason Final

Final score

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Colorado Avalanche 4–3 on Tuesday, September 28, 2021 at home.

Final score, Colorado Avalanche at Vegas Golden Knights
Team	Goals	2021-2022 record
Colorado Avalanche	3	56-19-7
at Vegas Golden Knights	4	43-31-8

Goals by period

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

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	7	10	5	22
Vegas Golden Knights	11	7	11	29

Three stars

J. Marchessault, Vegas Golden Knights (1 goal)
N. Hague, Vegas Golden Knights (1 goal)
A. Pietrangelo, 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	02:07	Vegas Golden Knights	Patrick Brown (1)	Jake Leschyshyn (1), Jonas Rondbjerg (1)	Even strength	COL 0, VGK 1
1st	10:06	Colorado Avalanche	Oskar Olausson (1)	Valeri Nichushkin (1), Jack Johnson (1)	Even strength	COL 1, VGK 1
1st	15:57	Vegas Golden Knights	Nicolas Hague (1)	Dylan Coghlan (1)	Power play	COL 1, VGK 2
2nd	18:56	Colorado Avalanche	Bowen Byram (1)	Justin Barron (1), Jayson Megna (1)	Even strength	COL 2, VGK 2
3rd	06:18	Colorado Avalanche	Jack Johnson (1)	Bowen Byram (1), Callahan Burke (1)	Even strength	COL 3, VGK 2
3rd	07:44	Vegas Golden Knights	Alex Pietrangelo (1)	William Karlsson (1)	Even strength	COL 3, VGK 3
3rd	15:50	Vegas Golden Knights	Jonathan Marchessault (1)	Reilly Smith (1)	Power play	COL 3, VGK 4

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	29
Power play	0 of 7	2 of 4
Penalty minutes	8	14
Hits	27	27
Blocked shots	9	14
Giveaways	3	10
Takeaways	6	10
Faceoffs won	23/53 (43.4%)	30/53 (56.6%)

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 12 J. Megna	C	0	1	1	+2	0	1	0	0	33.3%	20:08
Number 13 V. Nichushkin	R	0	1	1	+1	0	1	3	0		19:24
Number 15 S. Bowers	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	40%	18:43
Number 25 L. O'Connor	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		19:37
Number 27 O. Olausson	R	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	1		15:39
Number 40 A. Anisimov	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	46.7%	19:31
Number 41 G. Fontaine	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	63.6%	11:41
Number 43 D. Helm	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	2	100%	13:33
Number 68 C. Burke	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	1	50%	11:12
Number 70 N. Henry	R	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0		13:42
Number 73 D. Smith	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		08:01
Number 74 A. Beaucage	R	0	0	0	-1	2	1	4	1		09:37
Number 88 A. Englund	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		13:45
Number 3 J. Johnson	D	1	1	2	+1	2	2	2	0		20:00
Number 4 B. Byram	D	1	1	2	+2	0	4	2	1		24:38
Number 26 J. MacDonald	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	0		20:35
Number 67 K. Middleton	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1		15:54
Number 72 J. Barron	D	0	1	1	+1	2	0	2	1		20:08

Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 31 J. Johansson	13	11	2	.846	28:16	Loss
Number 39 P. Francouz	16	14	2	.875	30:03

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 8 J. Dugan	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	0		10:56
Number 10 N. Roy	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	75%	17:51
Number 15 J. Leschyshyn	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	2	0	55.6%	13:06
Number 18 P. Krebs	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0		14:11
Number 19 R. Smith	R	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	1	0		14:54
Number 21 B. Howden	C	0	0	0	-1	2	1	2	3	0	58.3%	12:04
Number 28 W. Carrier	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	4	0	0		12:14
Number 38 P. Brown	C	1	0	1	+1	0	1	2	0	0	60%	13:35
Number 46 J. Rondbjerg	R	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	1	0		11:21
Number 55 K. Kolesar	R	0	0	0	-2	2	2	2	0	0	100%	15:50
Number 71 W. Karlsson	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	0	33.3%	15:35
Number 81 J. Marchessault	R	1	0	1	+1	0	3	1	0	1		15:29
Number 6 K. Korczak	D	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	3	0		19:03
Number 7 A. Pietrangelo	D	1	0	1	+1	2	2	2	1	0		21:00
Number 14 N. Hague	D	1	0	1	-2	0	3	4	1	1		19:41
Number 23 A. Martinez	D	0	0	0	+1	2	1	2	2	0		21:52
Number 49 P. Diliberatore	D	0	0	0	-1	4	5	0	0	0		19:55
Number 52 D. Coghlan	D	0	1	1	-2	0	4	2	0	0		18:37

Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 39 L. Brossoit	22	19	3	.864	60:00	Win

Penalties

Penalties, Colorado Avalanche at Vegas Golden Knights
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	11:15	Colorado Avalanche	Nick Henry	Hooking	2
1st	14:18	Colorado Avalanche	Alex Beaucage	Cross checking	2
1st	17:00	Vegas Golden Knights	Alec Martinez	Hooking	2
2nd	12:11	Vegas Golden Knights	Keegan Kolesar	Tripping	2
2nd	16:51	Vegas Golden Knights	Peter Diliberatore	Hooking	2
3rd	01:41	Vegas Golden Knights	Brett Howden	Slashing	2
3rd	08:33	Vegas Golden Knights	Peter Diliberatore	Hooking	2
3rd	10:45	Vegas Golden Knights	Kaedan Korczak	Tripping	2
3rd	13:22	Colorado Avalanche	Justin Barron	Hooking	2
3rd	15:42	Colorado Avalanche	Jack Johnson	Cross checking	2
3rd	19:54	Vegas Golden Knights	Alex Pietrangelo	Cross checking	2

Game information

Colorado Avalanche head coach: Jared Bednar
Vegas Golden Knights head coach: Peter DeBoer
Referees: Steve Kozari, Jordan Samuels-Thomas
Linesmen: Brandon Gawryletz, Bryan Pancich
Colorado Avalanche scratches: Erik Johnson, Nazem Kadri, Darcy Kuemper, Gabriel Landeskog, Ryan Murray, Stefan Matteau, Kurtis MacDermid, Andre Burakovsky, J.T. Compher, Nathan MacKinnon, Roland McKeown, Devon Toews, Dylan Sikura, Mikko Rantanen, Dennis Gilbert, Sergei Boikov, Tyson Jost, Samuel Girard, Mikhail Maltsev, Nathan Clurman, Cale Makar, Hunter Miska, Nick Leivermann, Kiefer Sherwood, Martin Kaut, Tyler Weiss, Sampo Ranta, Jordan Gross, Shamil Shmakov, Justus Annunen, Nikolai Kovalenko, Danila Zhuravlyov, Trent Miner, Drew Helleson, Alex Newhook, Matt Stienburg, Jean-Luc Foudy, Colby Ambrosio, Nils Aman, Sean Behrens, Jack O'Brien, Andrei Buyalsky, Andreas Wingerli, Taylor Makar, Tarun Fizer, Rhett Rhinehart, Matej Kaslik, Ryan Hofer, Mitchell Smith, Graham Sward, Nicolas Savoie
Vegas Golden Knights scratches: Evgenii Dadonov, Max Pacioretty, Brayden McNabb, Robin Lehner, Mark Stone, Sven Baertschi, Chandler Stephenson, Jake Bischoff, Mattias Janmark, Shea Theodore, Alex Tuch, Martins Dzierkals, Gage Quinney, Nolan Patrick, Lucas Elvenes, Ben Jones, Dylan Ferguson, Nick Campoli, Logan Thompson, Zach Whitecloud, Ivan Morozov, Connor Corcoran, Paul Cotter, Brandon Kruse, Adam McCormick, Brayden Pachal, Isaiah Saville, Ryder Donovan, Marcus Kallionkieli, Pavel Dorofeyev, Layton Ahac, Mason Primeau, Jacob Gaucher, Zack Hayes, Lukas Cormier, Brendan Brisson, Maxim Marushev, Jesper Vikman, Noah Ellis, Jackson Hallum, Daniil Miromanov, Daniil Chayka, Jakub Brabenec, Carl Lindbom, Zach Dean, Jakub Demek, Artur Cholach, Marc Lajoie, Lynden McCallum, Daniel D'Amato, Kaleb Pearson

2021-2022 season series

Every Colorado Avalanche and Vegas Golden Knights game in the 2021-2022 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Colorado Avalanche 3 at Vegas Golden Knights 4	Final Preseason	Game page: Colorado Avalanche at Vegas Golden Knights, Tue, Sep 28, 2021
Vegas Golden Knights 7 at Colorado Avalanche 4	Final Preseason	Game page: Vegas Golden Knights at Colorado Avalanche, Tue, Oct 5, 2021

Other NHL games on Sep 28

Other NHL games on Tuesday, September 28, 2021
Matchup	Status	Details
Boston Bruins 2 at New York Rangers 3	Final Preseason	Game page: Boston Bruins at New York Rangers, Tue, Sep 28, 2021
New York Islanders 3 at Philadelphia Flyers 2	Final/OT Preseason	Game page: New York Islanders at Philadelphia Flyers, Tue, Sep 28, 2021
Buffalo Sabres 5 at Columbus Blue Jackets 4	Final/2OT Preseason	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at Columbus Blue Jackets, Tue, Sep 28, 2021
Tampa Bay Lightning 1 at Carolina Hurricanes 3	Final Preseason	Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at Carolina Hurricanes, Tue, Sep 28, 2021
Seattle Kraken 0 at Edmonton Oilers 6	Final Preseason	Game page: Seattle Kraken at Edmonton Oilers, Tue, Sep 28, 2021
Los Angeles Kings 4 at San Jose Sharks 3	Final Preseason	Game page: Los Angeles Kings at San Jose Sharks, Tue, Sep 28, 2021