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Colorado Avalanche at Vegas Golden Knights

T-Mobile Arena, Paradise Preseason Final

Final score

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Colorado Avalanche 2–1 on Wednesday, October 1, 2025 at home.

Team Goals 2025-2026 record
Colorado Avalanche 1 55-16-11
at Vegas Golden Knights 2 39-26-17

Goals by period

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

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Colorado Avalanche 9 5 8 22
Vegas Golden Knights 8 11 13 32

Three stars

  1. W. Karlsson, Vegas Golden Knights (1 goal)
  2. B. Howden, Vegas Golden Knights (1 goal)
  3. A. Schmid, Vegas Golden Knights (goaltender)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 18:07 Colorado Avalanche Gabriel Landeskog (1) Valeri Nichushkin (4) Even strength COL 1, VGK 0
3rd 05:30 Vegas Golden Knights Brett Howden (1) Brayden McNabb (1), Ivan Barbashev (3) Even strength COL 1, VGK 1
3rd 14:40 Vegas Golden Knights William Karlsson (1) Mark Stone (1), Reilly Smith (1) Even strength COL 1, VGK 2

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

Team stats

Stat Colorado Avalanche Vegas Golden Knights
Shots on goal 22 32
Power play 0 of 2 0 of 2
Penalty minutes 4 4
Hits 19 32
Blocked shots 17 17
Giveaways 7 4
Takeaways 2 2
Faceoffs won 30/56 (53.6%) 26/56 (46.4%)

Box score

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters
Player
11 B. Nelson C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 50% 17:50
13 V. Nichushkin R 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 0 15:09
17 P. Kelly C 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 12:51
18 J. Drury C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 83.3% 12:33
29 N. MacKinnon C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 46.7% 19:59
54 G. Brindley C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 10:35
62 A. Lehkonen L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 0 20:59
88 M. Necas C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 20:48
92 G. Landeskog L 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 50% 16:22
93 Z. Bardakov C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 28.6% 12:29
94 J. Kiviranta L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:58
95 V. Olofsson L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:39
7 D. Toews D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 21:33
8 C. Makar D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 26:02
15 J. Ahcan D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 1 15:55
42 J. Manson D 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 2 16:05
70 S. Malinski D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 2 17:35
84 B. Burns D 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 18:23
Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie
41 S. Wedgewood 32 30 2 .938 58:49 Loss

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters
Player
19 R. Smith R 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 15:25
20 B. Saad L 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 100% 15:01
21 B. Howden C 1 0 1 +1 0 2 0 0 53.8% 15:34
22 C. Schwindt R 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 4 57.1% 09:41
23 C. Reinhardt L 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 09:14
26 A. Holtz R 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 0 13:31
36 R. Lavoie C 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 100% 10:14
48 T. Hertl C 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 18:10
49 I. Barbashev L 0 1 1 +1 0 2 0 0 100% 16:56
61 M. Stone R 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 16:44
71 W. Karlsson C 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 47.1% 18:31
93 M. Marner R 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 18:30
2 Z. Whitecloud D 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 2 21:37
3 B. McNabb D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 4 0 24:34
15 N. Hanifin D 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 21:16
17 B. Hutton D 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 13:51
27 S. Theodore D 0 0 0 +1 2 3 0 3 23:56
52 D. Coghlan D 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 13:15
Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie
40 A. Schmid 22 21 1 .955 60:00 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 19:52 Vegas Golden Knights Cole Reinhardt Interference 2
2nd 11:19 Vegas Golden Knights Shea Theodore Tripping 2
3rd 11:38 Colorado Avalanche Brent Burns Hooking 2
3rd 19:34 Colorado Avalanche Gabriel Landeskog Hooking 2

Game information

Colorado Avalanche head coach
Jared Bednar
Vegas Golden Knights head coach
Bruce Cassidy
Referees
Gord Dwyer, Justin Kea
Linesmen
Caleb Apperson, Ben O'Quinn
Colorado Avalanche scratches
Jayson Megna, Mackenzie Blackwood, Sergei Boikov, Keaton Middleton, Samuel Girard, Jacob MacDonald, Ross Colton, Kyle Keyser, Shamil Shmakov, Logan O'Connor, Ronnie Attard, Matt Stienburg, Danil Gushchin, Andrei Buyalsky, Connor Kelley, Hank Kempf, Tristen Nielsen, Wyatt Aamodt, Chris Romaine, Mark Senden, Mikhail Gulyayev, Nikita Ishimnikov, Maros Jedlicka, Lucas Romeo, Maxmilian Curran, Christian Humphreys, Garrett Pyke, Jake Fisher, Louka Cloutier, Ivan Yunin, Tory Pitner, Nikita Prishchepov, Rilen Kovacevic, Vincent Desjardins, Evan Friesen, Francesco Dell'Elce, Linus Funck, Nolan Roed, Sean Reilly Connors, Mathis Langevin, Jayden Kraus, Asan Sarkenov, Drew Allison
Vegas Golden Knights scratches
Alex Pietrangelo, Colton Sissons, Jaycob Megna, Brandon Hickey, Jordan Papirny, Jack Eichel, Keegan Kolesar, Jeremy Lauzon, Adin Hill, Martins Dzierkals, Lucas Johansen, Tanner Laczynski, Jeremy Davies, Jonas Rondbjerg, Mitchell McLain, Kaedan Korczak, Ryder Donovan, Pavel Dorofeyev, Kevin Wall, Riley McKay, Noah Ellis, Jakub Demek, Artur Cholach, Jordan Gustafson, Abram Wiebe, Samuel Mayer, Carter Sotheran, Arttu Karki, Bronson Ride, Mazden Leslie, Trevor Connelly, Lucas Van Vliet, Pavel Moysevich, Sloan Stanick, Jakob Ihs Wozniak, Mateo Nobert, Alexander Weiermair, Gustav Sjoqvist, Peteris Bulans, Remi Gelinas, Andreas Straka, Devon Paliani

2025-2026 season series

Matchup Status Details
Vegas Golden Knights 2 at Colorado Avalanche 4 Final Preseason Game page
Colorado Avalanche 1 at Vegas Golden Knights 2 Final Preseason Game page

Other NHL games on Oct 1

Matchup Status Details
Pittsburgh Penguins 5 at Buffalo Sabres 3 Final Preseason Game page
Vancouver Canucks 8 at Calgary Flames 1 Final Preseason Game page
Anaheim Ducks 5 at San Jose Sharks 2 Final Preseason Game page
Edmonton Oilers 2 at Seattle Kraken 4 Final Preseason Game page

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