Game

Golden Knights at Avalanche

Golden Knights 4, Avalanche 2 · first star Carter Hart (0 GA, .947 SV%).

2025-26 Stanley Cup Playoffs · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.

Vegas Golden Knights 4 at Colorado Avalanche 2

Golden Knights VGK

4 FINAL 2

Avalanche COL

Playoffs Wednesday, May 20, 2026 · 8:00 PM ET · Ball Arena, Denver · TV ESPN · CBC · SN

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Golden Knights	0	2	2	4	28
Avalanche	0	0	2	2	38

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Golden Knights attack left, Avalanche attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 4 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net; 1 empty-net goal is drawn as a diamond. Boxscore shots on goal: VGK 28, COL 38.

VGK in red COL in blue goal empty-net goal shot on goal missed blocked Golden Knights 28 shots on goal (4 goals, 12 missed, 12 blocked) attacking left; Avalanche 38 shots on goal (2 goals, 18 missed, 24 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	VGK SOG	VGK G	VGK ATT	COL SOG	COL G	COL ATT
1st	10	0	18	10	0	22
2nd	10	2	19	15	0	31
3rd	8	2	15	13	2	27
Total	28	4	52	38	2	80

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	VGK SOG	VGK G	COL SOG	COL G
Even strength	27	3	34	1
Power play	1	1	4	1
Short-handed	0	0	0	0
Into an empty net	1	1	0	0

Attempt share by period

Avalanche took 60.6% of the shot attempts, and 59.3% of the 113 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Avalanche and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Golden Knights hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Golden Knights at Avalanche
Period	COL CF%	COL FF%
1st	55.0	50.0
2nd	62.0	61.8
3rd	64.3	62.5
Game	60.6	58.3

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

2nd period

12:29 Dylan Coghlan (1) Brandon Saad (2), Colton Sissons (4) · wrist 1–0
15:02 Pavel Dorofeyev (10) PP Mitch Marner (12), Tomas Hertl (5) · wrist 2–0

3rd period

01:34 Brett Howden (9) Ben Hutton (1) · backhand 3–0
05:53 Valeri Nichushkin (2) Ross Colton (3) · between-legs 3–1
17:39 Gabriel Landeskog (4) PP Nathan MacKinnon (7), Devon Toews (7) · snap 3–2
19:15 Nic Dowd (3) EN Jack Eichel (15), Rasmus Andersson (4) · wrist 4–2

Three stars

Carter Hart VGK · G #79 · 0 GA, .947 SV%
Brett Howden VGK · C #21 · 1 G, 0 A
Gabriel Landeskog COL · L #92 · 1 G, 0 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	09:02	COL	Brent Burns	hooking	2	Brandon Saad
1st	19:09	VGK	Ivan Barbashev	holding	2	Sam Malinski
2nd	14:16	COL	Ross Colton	roughing	2	Rasmus Andersson
2nd	19:24	VGK	Ben Hutton	tripping	2	Valeri Nichushkin
3rd	16:52	VGK	Shea Theodore	high sticking	2	Logan O'Connor

Boxscore

Vegas Golden Knights

Golden Knights skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Brett Howden #21	C	1	0	1	+1	4	1	1	0	100.0	18:11
Nic Dowd #26	C	1	0	1	+1	1	4	2	0	62.5	13:18
Pavel Dorofeyev #16	R	1	0	1	-1	3	0	0	0	0.0	14:21
Dylan Coghlan #52	D	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	0	0.0	08:13
Colton Sissons #10	C	0	1	1	+1	1	5	2	0	100.0	11:28
Jack Eichel #9	C	0	1	1	0	3	1	1	0	47.4	19:32
Tomas Hertl #48	C	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	80.0	10:45
Brandon Saad #20	L	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0.0	08:10
Mitch Marner #93	R	0	1	1	+2	2	1	0	0	0.0	21:35
Ben Hutton #17	D	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	2	0.0	10:01
Rasmus Andersson #4	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	0	0.0	23:32
William Karlsson #71	C	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	44.4	21:11
Ivan Barbashev #49	L	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	2	0.0	16:25
Cole Smith #22	R	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0.0	11:56
Keegan Kolesar #55	R	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0.0	10:02
Brayden McNabb #3	D	0	0	0	+1	1	5	3	0	0.0	25:42
Noah Hanifin #15	D	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	0	0.0	23:29
Shea Theodore #27	D	0	0	0	+1	5	0	7	2	0.0	27:22

Golden Knights goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Carter Hart #79	W	38	36	2	.947	33/34	3/4	60:00

Colorado Avalanche

Avalanche skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Gabriel Landeskog #92	L	1	0	1	-1	3	1	0	0	50.0	21:21
Valeri Nichushkin #13	R	1	0	1	+1	3	3	0	0	0.0	13:39
Nathan MacKinnon #29	C	0	1	1	-1	3	0	0	0	66.7	21:32
Ross Colton #20	C	0	1	1	+1	3	6	1	2	0.0	09:55
Devon Toews #7	D	0	1	1	-1	2	0	1	0	0.0	27:32
Brock Nelson #11	C	0	0	0	-3	4	1	1	0	40.0	18:15
Jack Drury #18	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	33.3	09:55
Martin Necas #88	C	0	0	0	-2	3	2	0	0	0.0	23:41
Nazem Kadri #91	C	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	25.0	19:26
Nicolas Roy #10	C	0	0	0	-2	1	2	0	0	28.6	12:40
Parker Kelly #17	C	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	08:57
Artturi Lehkonen #62	L	0	0	0	-1	1	5	0	0	0.0	15:42
Logan O'Connor #25	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	10:16
Brent Burns #84	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	2	0.0	16:55
Brett Kulak #27	D	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	0.0	23:06
Jack Ahcan #15	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	0.0	07:34
Josh Manson #42	D	0	0	0	-1	2	5	2	0	0.0	19:02
Sam Malinski #70	D	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	0.0	20:31

Avalanche goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Scott Wedgewood #41	L	27	24	3	.889	24/26	0/1	57:15

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.