Game

Avalanche at Golden Knights

Golden Knights 5, Avalanche 3 · first star Tomas Hertl (1 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.

Colorado Avalanche 3 at Vegas Golden Knights 5

Avalanche COL

3 FINAL 5

Golden Knights VGK

Playoffs Sunday, May 24, 2026 · 8:00 PM ET · T-Mobile Arena, Paradise · TV ESPN · CBC · SN

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Avalanche	3	0	0	3	35
Golden Knights	0	3	2	5	23

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Avalanche attack left, Golden Knights 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: COL 35, VGK 23.

COL in red VGK in blue goal empty-net goal shot on goal missed blocked Avalanche 35 shots on goal (3 goals, 14 missed, 24 blocked) attacking left; Golden Knights 23 shots on goal (5 goals, 13 missed, 11 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	COL SOG	COL G	COL ATT	VGK SOG	VGK G	VGK ATT
1st	16	3	24	7	0	13
2nd	12	0	24	8	3	19
3rd	7	0	25	8	2	15
Total	35	3	73	23	5	47

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	COL SOG	COL G	VGK SOG	VGK G
Even strength	26	2	15	4
Power play	6	0	7	1
Short-handed	3	1	1	0
Into an empty net	0	0	1	1

Attempt share by period

Avalanche took 60.8% of the shot attempts, and 58.8% of the 80 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 Golden Knights and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Avalanche hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Avalanche at Golden Knights
Period	VGK CF%	VGK FF%
1st	35.1	38.7
2nd	44.2	41.2
3rd	37.5	50.0
Game	39.2	42.4

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

Scoring summary

1st period

03:21 Gabriel Landeskog (5) Devon Toews (8), Nathan MacKinnon (8) · wrist 1–0
07:03 Nazem Kadri (3) Martin Necas (11), Josh Manson (3) · wrist 2–0
13:15 Jack Drury (3) SH Parker Kelly (2), Devon Toews (9) · backhand 3–0

2nd period

00:19 Mark Stone (4) PP Mitch Marner (13), Tomas Hertl (6) · wrist 3–1
04:05 William Karlsson (1) Mitch Marner (14) · snap 3–2
12:46 Keegan Kolesar (1) Dylan Coghlan (1), Kaedan Korczak (2) · backhand 3–3

3rd period

08:21 Tomas Hertl (3) Mark Stone (5), Kaedan Korczak (3) · backhand 3–4
19:01 Brett Howden (10) EN William Karlsson (4), Shea Theodore (6) · wrist 3–5

Three stars

Tomas Hertl VGK · C #48 · 1 G, 1 A
Mark Stone VGK · R #61 · 1 G, 1 A
Mitch Marner VGK · R #93 · 0 G, 2 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	09:31	VGK	Cole Smith	tripping	2	Josh Manson
1st	11:28	COL	Nazem Kadri	high sticking	2	Jack Eichel
1st	17:09	VGK	Rasmus Andersson	hooking	2	Nathan MacKinnon
1st	19:19	COL	Brock Nelson	tripping	2	Tomas Hertl
2nd	05:28	COL	Brent Burns	cross checking	2	Pavel Dorofeyev
2nd	08:03	VGK	Cole Smith	high sticking	2	Devon Toews
3rd	02:14	VGK	Mark Stone	slashing	2	Scott Wedgewood
3rd	02:14	COL	Ross Colton	roughing	2	Mark Stone
3rd	09:54	VGK	Mitch Marner	tripping	2	Martin Necas
3rd	19:20	COL	Ross Colton	misconduct (misconduct)	10	—

Boxscore

Colorado Avalanche

Avalanche skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Devon Toews #7	D	0	2	2	+1	2	0	0	0	0.0	23:14
Jack Drury #18	C	1	0	1	-1	1	1	0	0	36.4	11:04
Nazem Kadri #91	C	1	0	1	+1	3	1	0	2	0.0	19:19
Gabriel Landeskog #92	L	1	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	42.9	24:04
Martin Necas #88	C	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	21:18
Nathan MacKinnon #29	C	0	1	1	-1	5	2	1	0	60.0	18:02
Parker Kelly #17	C	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	0	0.0	12:52
Josh Manson #42	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	16:20
Brock Nelson #11	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	2	57.1	19:02
Nicolas Roy #10	C	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	36.4	11:17
Ross Colton #20	C	0	0	0	-1	1	4	0	12	0.0	08:29
Artturi Lehkonen #62	L	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	17:15
Logan O'Connor #25	R	0	0	0	-2	2	2	0	0	0.0	12:02
Valeri Nichushkin #13	R	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	0	0.0	08:34
Brent Burns #84	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	2	0.0	16:38
Brett Kulak #27	D	0	0	0	-2	2	1	1	0	0.0	15:04
Cale Makar #8	D	0	0	0	0	3	0	6	0	0.0	27:14
Sam Malinski #70	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0.0	12:57

Avalanche goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Scott Wedgewood #41	L	22	18	4	.818	11/14	6/7	58:15

Vegas Golden Knights

Golden Knights skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Tomas Hertl #48	C	1	1	2	0	3	2	0	0	66.7	13:23
William Karlsson #71	C	1	1	2	+3	2	0	1	0	50.0	17:22
Mark Stone #61	R	1	1	2	-1	3	4	0	2	0.0	15:45
Mitch Marner #93	R	0	2	2	0	2	1	0	2	0.0	23:59
Kaedan Korczak #6	D	0	2	2	+2	0	1	1	0	0.0	09:38
Brett Howden #21	C	1	0	1	+2	2	4	0	0	40.0	17:03
Keegan Kolesar #55	R	1	0	1	+1	1	3	1	0	0.0	05:19
Dylan Coghlan #52	D	0	1	1	+2	3	1	2	0	0.0	11:04
Shea Theodore #27	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	0	0.0	23:32
Colton Sissons #10	C	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	77.8	12:27
Jack Eichel #9	C	0	0	0	-2	1	1	2	0	53.3	23:02
Nic Dowd #26	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	42.9	10:20
Ivan Barbashev #49	L	0	0	0	-1	0	5	1	0	100.0	15:57
Cole Smith #22	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	0.0	06:08
Pavel Dorofeyev #16	R	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	0.0	17:09
Brayden McNabb #3	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	3	0	0.0	23:45
Noah Hanifin #15	D	0	0	0	-1	2	3	5	0	0.0	23:17
Rasmus Andersson #4	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	4	2	0.0	21:06

Golden Knights goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Carter Hart #79	W	35	32	3	.914	24/26	6/6	59:44

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.