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Vegas Golden Knights at Colorado Avalanche

Ball Arena, Denver Regular Season Final/SO

Final score

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Vegas Golden Knights 3–2 in a shootout on Tuesday, April 8, 2025 at home.

Team Goals 2024-2025 record
Vegas Golden Knights 2 50-22-10
at Colorado Avalanche 3 49-29-4

Goals by period

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

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Vegas Golden Knights 8 4 6 3 0 21
Colorado Avalanche 8 19 6 3 0 36

Three stars

  1. C. Coyle, Colorado Avalanche (2 assists)
  2. A. Schmid, Vegas Golden Knights (goaltender)
  3. V. Nichushkin, Colorado Avalanche (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 11:10 Vegas Golden Knights William Karlsson (8) Reilly Smith (24) Shorthanded VGK 1, COL 0
2nd 00:40 Vegas Golden Knights Brayden McNabb (5) Unassisted Even strength VGK 2, COL 0
2nd 09:46 Colorado Avalanche Valeri Nichushkin (20) Nathan MacKinnon (84), Charlie Coyle (13) Power play VGK 2, COL 1
2nd 17:08 Colorado Avalanche Jimmy Vesey (5) Charlie Coyle (14), Miles Wood (4) Even strength VGK 2, COL 2

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

Shootout

Round Team Shooter Result
1 Vegas Golden Knights Pavel Dorofeyev Saved
1 Colorado Avalanche Brock Nelson Saved
2 Vegas Golden Knights Victor Olofsson Saved
2 Colorado Avalanche Nathan MacKinnon Saved
3 Vegas Golden Knights Shea Theodore Saved
3 Colorado Avalanche Charlie Coyle Goal (winner)

Team stats

Stat Vegas Golden Knights Colorado Avalanche
Shots on goal 21 36
Power play 0 of 4 1 of 4
Penalty minutes 13 13
Hits 16 27
Blocked shots 15 11
Giveaways 17 15
Takeaways 5 6
Faceoffs won 34/71 (47.9%) 37/71 (52.1%)

Box score

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters
Player
10 N. Roy C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 0 56.3% 18:08
16 P. Dorofeyev R 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 16:13
19 R. Smith R 0 1 1 +2 0 4 0 0 0 19:04
20 B. Saad L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14:13
21 B. Howden C 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 2 0 33.3% 14:56
22 C. Schwindt R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33.3% 10:16
49 I. Barbashev L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 0 17:30
55 K. Kolesar R 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 0 0 10:15
61 M. Stone R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 18:55
70 T. Pearson L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 11:04
71 W. Karlsson C 1 0 1 +2 0 2 0 0 0 58.6% 22:01
95 V. Olofsson L 0 0 0 +1 2 0 2 2 0 16:00
2 Z. Whitecloud D 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 20:13
3 B. McNabb D 1 0 1 +1 0 1 2 3 0 21:02
6 K. Korczak D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 1 0 13:48
15 N. Hanifin D 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 0 24:46
17 B. Hutton D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 11:33
27 S. Theodore D 0 0 0 +2 0 2 0 3 0 29:03
Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie
40 A. Schmid 36 34 2 .944 64:46 OT loss

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters
Player
10 C. Coyle C 0 2 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 50% 15:39
11 B. Nelson C 0 0 0 -2 2 5 1 1 0 42.9% 18:40
13 V. Nichushkin R 1 0 1 -1 0 4 2 1 1 25:53
14 C. Wagner R 0 0 0 0 5 0 4 0 0 07:25
17 P. Kelly C 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 50% 11:15
18 J. Drury C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 80% 12:51
25 L. O'Connor R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 0 15:56
26 J. Vesey L 1 0 1 +1 0 2 1 0 0 09:10
28 M. Wood L 0 1 1 +1 0 2 1 0 0 10:50
29 N. MacKinnon C 0 1 1 -1 0 6 0 0 0 50% 25:56
62 A. Lehkonen L 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 1 0 20:42
94 J. Kiviranta L 0 0 0 -1 2 2 5 2 0 100% 14:46
6 E. Johnson D 0 0 0 +1 0 3 0 1 0 17:41
7 D. Toews D 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 28:28
8 C. Makar D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 0 29:59
55 R. Lindgren D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 17:18
67 K. Middleton D 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 10:10
70 S. Malinski D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 0 0 16:34
Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie
41 S. Wedgewood 21 19 2 .905 64:47 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 02:57 Colorado Avalanche Brock Nelson Interference 2
1st 10:49 Vegas Golden Knights Zach Whitecloud Delaying game 2
1st 13:14 Vegas Golden Knights Keegan Kolesar Fighting (major) 5
1st 13:14 Colorado Avalanche Chris Wagner Fighting (major) 5
1st 15:19 Vegas Golden Knights Pavel Dorofeyev Holding 2
2nd 08:47 Vegas Golden Knights Victor Olofsson Tripping 2
3rd 09:36 Vegas Golden Knights Kaedan Korczak Delaying game puck over glass 2
3rd 10:59 Colorado Avalanche Joel Kiviranta Holding 2
3rd 15:14 Colorado Avalanche Keaton Middleton Delaying game puck over glass 2
OT 04:15 Colorado Avalanche Devon Toews Hooking 2

Game information

Vegas Golden Knights head coach
Bruce Cassidy
Colorado Avalanche head coach
Jared Bednar
Referees
Chris Schlenker, Gord Dwyer
Linesmen
Brandon Gawryletz, Kiel Murchison
Vegas Golden Knights scratches
Alex Pietrangelo, Tomas Hertl, Jack Eichel, Ilya Samsonov, Nicolas Hague
Colorado Avalanche scratches
Josh Manson, Jonathan Drouin, Samuel Girard, Ross Colton, Martin Necas

2024-2025 season series

Matchup Status Details
Colorado Avalanche 4 at Vegas Golden Knights 8 Final Game page
Vegas Golden Knights 1 at Colorado Avalanche 2 Final/SO Game page
Vegas Golden Knights 2 at Colorado Avalanche 3 Final/SO Game page

Other NHL games on Apr 8

Matchup Status Details
Carolina Hurricanes 0 at Buffalo Sabres 3 Final Game page
Detroit Red Wings 1 at Montreal Canadiens 4 Final Game page
Toronto Maple Leafs 1 at Florida Panthers 3 Final Game page
Boston Bruins 7 at New Jersey Devils 2 Final Game page
Ottawa Senators 2 at Columbus Blue Jackets 5 Final Game page
Chicago Blackhawks 0 at Pittsburgh Penguins 5 Final Game page
New York Islanders 6 at Nashville Predators 7 Final/OT Game page
Vancouver Canucks 6 at Dallas Stars 5 Final/OT Game page
Seattle Kraken 1 at Utah Hockey Club 7 Final Game page

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