Colorado Avalanche at Vegas Golden Knights

Thursday, October 3, 2024, 10:00 PM ET T-Mobile Arena, Paradise Preseason Final

Final score

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Vegas Golden Knights 3–1 on Thursday, October 3, 2024 on the road.

Final score, Colorado Avalanche at Vegas Golden Knights
Team	Goals	2024-2025 record
Colorado Avalanche	3	49-29-4
at Vegas Golden Knights	1	50-22-10

News about this game

Robin Lehner to Get Final Year of Contract with No Impact on Golden Knights' Salary Cap

Thu, Oct 3, 2024

Golden Knights' Robin Lehner will be paid for his contract's final year without affecting the cap. After talks with NHL/NHLPA, his camp absence had a specific reason.
Tanner Pearson Joins Vegas Golden Knights, Shines in Preseason Performance

Fri, Oct 4, 2024

Tanner Pearson, 32, signed a one-year, $775K deal with the Vegas Golden Knights after a strong preseason. He had 13 points in 54 Canadiens games and 285 points in 644 career NHL games.

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	0	1	0	1

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	13	6	8	27
Vegas Golden Knights	6	9	7	22

Three stars

J. Eichel, Vegas Golden Knights (1 goal)
J. Drouin, Colorado Avalanche (1 goal)
I. Samsonov, Vegas Golden Knights (goaltender)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Colorado Avalanche at Vegas Golden Knights. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	11:44	Colorado Avalanche	Jonathan Drouin (1)	Nathan MacKinnon (2), Calum Ritchie (1)	Even strength	COL 1, VGK 0
2nd	06:52	Colorado Avalanche	Sam Malinski (2)	Parker Kelly (1), Logan O'Connor (1)	Even strength	COL 2, VGK 0
2nd	18:25	Vegas Golden Knights	Jack Eichel (2)	Mark Stone (1), Shea Theodore (2)	Power play	COL 2, VGK 1
3rd	19:10	Colorado Avalanche	Logan O'Connor (1)	Unassisted	Even strength, Empty net	COL 3, VGK 1

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	27	22
Power play	0 of 2	1 of 3
Penalty minutes	6	4
Hits	10	20
Blocked shots	19	14
Giveaways	10	12
Takeaways	2	7
Faceoffs won	26/59 (44.1%)	33/59 (55.9%)

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 14 C. Wagner	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	44.4%	12:15
Number 17 P. Kelly	C	0	1	1	+2	0	0	1	3	20%	12:04
Number 20 R. Colton	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1		16:13
Number 25 L. O'Connor	R	1	1	2	+2	2	1	0	1	100%	14:40
Number 27 J. Drouin	L	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	1	100%	16:37
Number 28 M. Wood	L	0	0	0	+2	0	3	1	0		13:52
Number 29 N. MacKinnon	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	1	11.8%	16:38
Number 37 C. Mittelstadt	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	64%	18:54
Number 51 N. Kovalenko	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0		15:27
Number 71 C. Ritchie	C	0	1	1	+1	2	2	0	1		14:14
Number 82 I. Ivan	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		11:58
Number 94 J. Kiviranta	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		14:01
Number 7 D. Toews	D	0	0	0	+1	0	3	1	1		22:16
Number 26 E. Brannstrom	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2		17:26
Number 42 J. Manson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	3	1	1		18:07
Number 49 S. Girard	D	0	0	0	+2	0	0	1	1		20:30
Number 58 O. Kylington	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2		16:50
Number 70 S. Malinski	D	1	0	1	+2	0	2	1	2		23:40

Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 60 J. Annunen	22	21	1	.955	60:00	Win

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 9 J. Eichel	C	1	0	1	-3	0	2	0	0	1	50%	18:26
Number 10 N. Roy	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	52.9%	15:26
Number 19 B. Brisson	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	0		13:17
Number 20 Z. Aston-Reese	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0		10:37
Number 21 B. Howden	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	0	0	50%	15:08
Number 26 A. Holtz	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0		15:05
Number 28 T. Laczynski	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	33.3%	11:16
Number 46 J. Rondbjerg	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0		12:47
Number 48 T. Hertl	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	72.2%	18:13
Number 49 I. Barbashev	L	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	0	0	100%	13:56
Number 61 M. Stone	R	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	0	0		19:06
Number 95 V. Olofsson	L	0	0	0	-3	0	0	1	1	0		15:22
Number 2 Z. Whitecloud	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0		22:27
Number 3 B. McNabb	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		17:40
Number 6 K. Korczak	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	1	0		15:43
Number 7 A. Pietrangelo	D	0	0	0	-3	0	4	0	4	0		20:51
Number 15 N. Hanifin	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		22:05
Number 27 S. Theodore	D	0	1	1	-2	0	2	1	0	0		19:47

Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 35 I. Samsonov	26	24	2	.923	58:48	Loss

Penalties

Penalties, Colorado Avalanche at Vegas Golden Knights
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	17:51	Vegas Golden Knights	Brett Howden	Cross checking	2
2nd	00:07	Vegas Golden Knights	Brendan Brisson	Slashing	2
2nd	00:11	Colorado Avalanche	Calum Ritchie	Holding the stick	2
2nd	18:07	Colorado Avalanche	Oliver Kylington	Holding	2
3rd	05:39	Colorado Avalanche	Logan O'Connor	Delaying game puck over glass	2

Game information

Colorado Avalanche head coach: Jared Bednar
Vegas Golden Knights head coach: Bruce Cassidy
Referees: Tom Chmielewski, Jordan Samuels-Thomas
Linesmen: Mitch Hunt, Joe Mahon
Colorado Avalanche scratches: Calvin de Haan, T.J. Tynan, Gabriel Landeskog, Jayson Megna, Artturi Lehkonen, Valeri Nichushkin, Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, Mikko Rantanen, Sergei Boikov, Matthew Phillips, Tye Felhaber, Cale Makar, Calle Rosen, Alexandar Georgiev, Shamil Shmakov, Jack Ahcan, Andrei Buyalsky, Zakhar Bardakov, Taylor Makar, Chris Romaine, Neil Shea, Ondrej Pavel, Keaton Mastrodonato, Mikhail Gulyayev, Nikita Ishimnikov, Maros Jedlicka, Derek Daschke, Bryan Yoon, William Zellers, Maxmilian Curran, Christian Humphreys, Connor Mayer, Jake Barczewski, Vincent Duplessis, Ilya Nabokov, Jake Fisher, Louka Cloutier, Ivan Yunin, Tory Pitner, Nikita Prishchepov, Benjamin Brunelle, Miles Cooper, Rilen Kovacevic, Mitchell Young, Joshua Fluker, Marek Howell
Vegas Golden Knights scratches: William Karlsson, Tanner Pearson, Jake Bischoff, Ben Hutton, Brandon Hickey, Keegan Kolesar, Martins Dzierkals, Nicolas Hague, Mitchell McLain, Ryder Donovan, Pavel Dorofeyev, Lukas Cormier, Riley McKay, Bear Hughes, Noah Ellis, Jackson Hallum, Jakub Demek, Artur Cholach, Simon Pinard, Jordan Gustafson, Cameron Whitehead, Abram Wiebe, Mikael Huchette, Braeden Bowman, Samuel Mayer, Jacob Mathieu, Arttu Karki, Tuomas Uronen, Mazden Leslie, Jett Jones, Trevor Connelly, Lucas Van Vliet, Pavel Moysevich, Trent Swick, Austin Zemlak, Shane Smith, Sloan Stanick, Kai Uchacz

2024-2025 season series

Every Colorado Avalanche and Vegas Golden Knights game in the 2024-2025 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Vegas Golden Knights 6 at Colorado Avalanche 1	Final Preseason	Game page: Vegas Golden Knights at Colorado Avalanche, Tue, Oct 1, 2024
Colorado Avalanche 3 at Vegas Golden Knights 1	Final Preseason	Game page: Colorado Avalanche at Vegas Golden Knights, Thu, Oct 3, 2024

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Toronto Maple Leafs 2 at Detroit Red Wings 0	Final Preseason	Game page: Toronto Maple Leafs at Detroit Red Wings, Thu, Oct 3, 2024
Boston Bruins 1 at Los Angeles Kings 4	Final Preseason	Game page: Boston Bruins at Los Angeles Kings, Thu, Oct 3, 2024
Dallas Stars 3 at St. Louis Blues 4	Final/OT Preseason	Game page: Dallas Stars at St. Louis Blues, Thu, Oct 3, 2024