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Vegas Golden Knights at Colorado Avalanche

Ball Arena, Denver Preseason Final

Final score

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Colorado Avalanche 7–4 on Tuesday, October 5, 2021 on the road.

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

Goals by period

Team Total
Vegas Golden Knights 2 2 3 7
Colorado Avalanche 0 2 2 4

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Vegas Golden Knights 12 14 12 38
Colorado Avalanche 10 17 11 38

Three stars

  1. A. Martinez, Vegas Golden Knights (2 goals)
  2. A. Burakovsky, Colorado Avalanche (2 goals)
  3. M. Rantanen, Colorado Avalanche (2 goals)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 03:26 Vegas Golden Knights Keegan Kolesar (1) Nolan Patrick (2) Even strength VGK 1, COL 0
1st 15:38 Vegas Golden Knights Alec Martinez (2) Alex Pietrangelo (3), Peyton Krebs (1) Even strength VGK 2, COL 0
2nd 01:43 Colorado Avalanche Mikko Rantanen (1) Nathan MacKinnon (1), Justin Barron (2) Power play VGK 2, COL 1
2nd 15:22 Vegas Golden Knights Reilly Smith (1) Unassisted Even strength VGK 3, COL 1
2nd 16:54 Colorado Avalanche Andre Burakovsky (1) Ryan Murray (1), Nathan MacKinnon (2) Even strength VGK 3, COL 2
2nd 17:36 Vegas Golden Knights William Karlsson (2) Peyton Krebs (2), Alex Pietrangelo (4) Even strength VGK 4, COL 2
3rd 00:23 Vegas Golden Knights Alec Martinez (3) William Karlsson (3), Reilly Smith (4) Power play VGK 5, COL 2
3rd 01:27 Vegas Golden Knights Peyton Krebs (1) Jake Leschyshyn (2), Sven Baertschi (1) Even strength VGK 6, COL 2
3rd 07:03 Colorado Avalanche Mikko Rantanen (2) Dennis Gilbert (2), Nazem Kadri (3) Power play VGK 6, COL 3
3rd 11:56 Colorado Avalanche Andre Burakovsky (2) Valeri Nichushkin (2), Nazem Kadri (4) Power play VGK 6, COL 4
3rd 18:45 Vegas Golden Knights Jake Leschyshyn (1) Peyton Krebs (3) Even strength, Empty net VGK 7, COL 4

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

Team stats

Stat Vegas Golden Knights Colorado Avalanche
Shots on goal 38 38
Power play 1 of 5 3 of 4
Penalty minutes 8 10
Hits 15 23
Blocked shots 6 8
Giveaways 7 8
Takeaways 9 11
Faceoffs won 38/65 (58.5%) 27/65 (41.5%)

Box score

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters
Player
15 J. Leschyshyn C 1 1 2 +2 0 3 1 0 0 62.5% 13:41
18 P. Krebs C 1 3 4 +5 4 1 0 0 0 15:50
19 R. Smith R 1 1 2 +2 0 5 0 0 0 14:20
20 C. Stephenson C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 50% 16:56
26 M. Janmark C 0 0 0 +1 0 2 1 0 0 16:15
28 W. Carrier L 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 07:01
38 P. Brown C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 0 50% 13:38
41 N. Patrick C 0 1 1 +1 0 2 2 0 0 52.4% 16:02
46 J. Rondbjerg R 0 0 0 +1 0 3 0 2 0 14:00
47 S. Baertschi L 0 1 1 +1 2 2 0 0 0 13:36
55 K. Kolesar R 1 0 1 +1 0 2 2 0 0 19:01
71 W. Karlsson C 1 1 2 +2 0 3 0 0 0 84.6% 15:04
2 Z. Whitecloud D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 2 0 21:35
7 A. Pietrangelo D 0 2 2 +4 0 2 0 0 0 18:41
14 N. Hague D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 3 1 0 23:09
23 A. Martinez D 2 0 2 +4 0 2 0 0 1 18:09
42 D. Miromanov D 0 0 0 +2 0 2 1 1 0 18:47
52 D. Coghlan D 0 0 0 +2 0 3 0 0 0 19:39
Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie
36 L. Thompson 38 34 4 .895 60:00 Win

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters
Player
9 D. Sikura R 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 0 0 12:07
11 M. Maltsev L 0 0 0 -2 0 5 0 1 0 69.2% 13:39
12 J. Megna C 0 0 0 -2 2 2 2 0 0 40% 16:30
13 V. Nichushkin R 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 0 0 50% 12:10
15 S. Bowers C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 0 12.5% 14:12
22 S. Matteau C 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 13:48
29 N. MacKinnon C 0 2 2 -1 0 1 2 0 0 35.3% 17:10
44 K. Sherwood L 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 0 0 11:47
75 S. Ranta L 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 0 0 15:56
91 N. Kadri C 0 2 2 -2 0 4 2 0 0 54.5% 14:16
95 A. Burakovsky L 2 0 2 +1 0 4 1 0 1 16:36
96 M. Rantanen R 2 0 2 -1 4 4 1 0 2 16:45
3 J. Johnson D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 0 0 21:20
10 R. McKeown D 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 0 0 15:07
28 R. Murray D 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 2 0 22:22
48 D. Gilbert D 0 1 1 -1 2 2 1 1 0 19:12
56 K. MacDermid L 0 0 0 -3 0 0 5 2 0 15:49
72 J. Barron D 0 1 1 -1 0 3 1 0 0 23:21
Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie
31 J. Johansson 17 13 4 .765 29:16 Loss
39 P. Francouz 20 18 2 .900 29:49

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 07:09 Colorado Avalanche Mikko Rantanen Cross checking 2
2nd 01:16 Vegas Golden Knights Peyton Krebs Holding 2
2nd 03:54 Colorado Avalanche Dennis Gilbert Roughing 2
2nd 19:35 Colorado Avalanche Bench Too many men on the ice (bench minor) 2
3rd 04:44 Colorado Avalanche Mikko Rantanen High sticking 2
3rd 05:16 Vegas Golden Knights Peyton Krebs Holding 2
3rd 11:34 Vegas Golden Knights Nicolas Hague Hooking 2
3rd 13:04 Vegas Golden Knights Sven Baertschi Holding 2
3rd 14:18 Colorado Avalanche Jayson Megna Holding 2

Game information

Vegas Golden Knights head coach
Peter DeBoer
Colorado Avalanche head coach
Jared Bednar
Referees
Wes McCauley, Cody Beach
Linesmen
Justin Johnson, Jesse Marquis
Vegas Golden Knights scratches
Evgenii Dadonov, Max Pacioretty, Brayden McNabb, Robin Lehner, Mark Stone, Jonathan Marchessault, Jake Bischoff, Shea Theodore, Alex Tuch, Nicolas Roy, Martins Dzierkals, Brett Howden, Gage Quinney, Lucas Elvenes, Jack Dugan, Jiri Patera, Ben Jones, Dylan Ferguson, Nick Campoli, Ivan Morozov, Connor Corcoran, Paul Cotter, Brandon Kruse, Peter Diliberatore, Adam McCormick, Brayden Pachal, Isaiah Saville, Kaedan Korczak, 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 Chayka, Jakub Brabenec, Carl Lindbom, Zach Dean, Jakub Demek, Artur Cholach, Marc Lajoie, Lynden McCallum, Daniel D'Amato, Kaleb Pearson
Colorado Avalanche scratches
Darren Helm, Erik Johnson, Darcy Kuemper, Gabriel Landeskog, J.T. Compher, Devon Toews, Sergei Boikov, Tyson Jost, Keaton Middleton, Samuel Girard, Jacob MacDonald, Nathan Clurman, Nick Henry, Cale Makar, Hunter Miska, Nick Leivermann, Martin Kaut, Tyler Weiss, Jordan Gross, Shamil Shmakov, Justus Annunen, Nikolai Kovalenko, Danila Zhuravlyov, Logan O'Connor, Bowen Byram, Trent Miner, Drew Helleson, Alex Beaucage, Alex Newhook, Matt Stienburg, Jean-Luc Foudy, Colby Ambrosio, Nils Aman, Sean Behrens, Oskar Olausson, Andrei Buyalsky, Andreas Wingerli, Taylor Makar, Tarun Fizer

2021-2022 season series

Matchup Status Details
Colorado Avalanche 3 at Vegas Golden Knights 4 Final Preseason Game page
Vegas Golden Knights 7 at Colorado Avalanche 4 Final Preseason Game page

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