Game

Golden Knights at Avalanche

Golden Knights 3, Avalanche 1 · first star Ivan Barbashev (2 G, 1 A).

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 3 at Colorado Avalanche 1

Golden Knights VGK

3 FINAL 1

Avalanche COL

Playoffs Friday, May 22, 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	0	3	3	25
Avalanche	1	0	0	1	31

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 3 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 25, COL 31.

VGK in red COL in blue goal empty-net goal shot on goal missed blocked Golden Knights 25 shots on goal (3 goals, 7 missed, 20 blocked) attacking left; Avalanche 31 shots on goal (1 goal, 16 missed, 17 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	12	0	25	11	1	20
2nd	4	0	11	10	0	25
3rd	9	3	16	10	0	19
Total	25	3	52	31	1	64

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	23	3	29	1
Power play	2	0	0	0
Short-handed	0	0	2	0
Into an empty net	1	1	0	0

Attempt share by period

Avalanche took 55.2% of the shot attempts, and 54.8% of the 93 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	44.4	42.3
2nd	69.4	84.6
3rd	54.3	51.9
Game	55.2	59.5

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

Scoring summary

1st period

16:59 Ross Colton (2) Brent Burns (4), Nazem Kadri (5) · wrist 0–1

3rd period

09:15 Jack Eichel (2) Pavel Dorofeyev (3), Ivan Barbashev (7) · wrist 1–1
11:22 Ivan Barbashev (4) Jack Eichel (16), Pavel Dorofeyev (4) · wrist 2–1
18:57 Ivan Barbashev (5) EN Rasmus Andersson (5) · wrist 3–1

Three stars

Ivan Barbashev VGK · L #49 · 2 G, 1 A
Carter Hart VGK · G #79 · 0 GA, .968 SV%
Jack Eichel VGK · C #9 · 1 G, 1 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
2nd	01:33	COL	Martin Necas	slashing	2	Jack Eichel
2nd	01:33	COL	Martin Necas	tripping	2	Ivan Barbashev
2nd	02:19	VGK	Jack Eichel	interference	2	Artturi Lehkonen
2nd	13:31	COL	Nicolas Roy	hooking	2	Nic Dowd
2nd	18:42	VGK	Shea Theodore	slashing	2	Martin Necas
3rd	01:58	VGK	Shea Theodore	hooking	2	Nathan MacKinnon
3rd	04:48	COL	Brent Burns	high sticking	2	Tomas Hertl

Boxscore

Vegas Golden Knights

Golden Knights skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Ivan Barbashev #49	L	2	1	3	+3	3	7	0	0	0.0	16:15
Jack Eichel #9	C	1	1	2	+3	2	1	2	2	35.3	19:06
Pavel Dorofeyev #16	R	0	2	2	+1	2	0	1	0	0.0	17:56
Rasmus Andersson #4	D	0	1	1	+2	1	0	0	0	0.0	26:41
Brett Howden #21	C	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	0.0	17:09
Colton Sissons #10	C	0	0	0	+1	1	2	0	0	0.0	13:43
Nic Dowd #26	C	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	22.2	13:03
Tomas Hertl #48	C	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	60.0	13:23
William Karlsson #71	C	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	50.0	17:42
Brandon Saad #20	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	09:18
Cole Smith #22	R	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0.0	09:48
Keegan Kolesar #55	R	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0.0	09:13
Mitch Marner #93	R	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0.0	21:02
Brayden McNabb #3	D	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0.0	12:13
Dylan Coghlan #52	D	0	0	0	+1	1	0	2	0	0.0	16:42
Kaedan Korczak #6	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0.0	11:13
Noah Hanifin #15	D	0	0	0	+2	1	0	3	0	0.0	24:01
Shea Theodore #27	D	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	4	0.0	25:32

Golden Knights goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Carter Hart #79	W	31	30	1	.968	28/29	0/0	60:00

Colorado Avalanche

Avalanche skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Ross Colton #20	C	1	0	1	+1	1	1	0	0	100.0	08:18
Nazem Kadri #91	C	0	1	1	0	2	4	0	0	50.0	17:48
Brent Burns #84	D	0	1	1	+1	5	1	2	2	0.0	20:01
Brock Nelson #11	C	0	0	0	-2	1	1	2	0	52.9	18:06
Jack Drury #18	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	85.7	09:56
Martin Necas #88	C	0	0	0	-2	2	3	0	4	0.0	21:05
Nathan MacKinnon #29	C	0	0	0	-1	1	1	2	0	46.2	22:30
Nicolas Roy #10	C	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	2	77.8	11:39
Parker Kelly #17	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	50.0	09:52
Artturi Lehkonen #62	L	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	0	0.0	16:23
Gabriel Landeskog #92	L	0	0	0	-1	3	3	0	0	50.0	20:16
Logan O'Connor #25	R	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	09:35
Valeri Nichushkin #13	R	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	0.0	15:07
Brett Kulak #27	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0.0	20:07
Devon Toews #7	D	0	0	0	-2	3	0	4	0	0.0	28:59
Josh Manson #42	D	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	0.0	16:45
Nick Blankenburg #37	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	09:21
Sam Malinski #70	D	0	0	0	-2	3	0	1	0	0.0	20:40

Avalanche goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Scott Wedgewood #41	L	24	22	2	.917	20/22	2/2	55:32

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.