Game

Avalanche at Golden Knights

Golden Knights 2, Avalanche 1 · first star Mark Stone (1 G, 0 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 1 at Vegas Golden Knights 2

Avalanche COL

1 FINAL 2

Golden Knights VGK

Playoffs Tuesday, May 26, 2026 · 9:00 PM ET · T-Mobile Arena, Paradise · TV ESPN · CBC · SN

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Avalanche	0	0	1	1	21
Golden Knights	1	0	1	2	26

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 2 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net. Boxscore shots on goal: COL 21, VGK 26.

COL in red VGK in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Avalanche 21 shots on goal (1 goal, 8 missed, 15 blocked) attacking left; Golden Knights 26 shots on goal (2 goals, 18 missed, 13 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	8	0	16	9	1	21
2nd	6	0	17	11	0	19
3rd	7	1	11	6	1	17
Total	21	1	44	26	2	57

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	20	1	19	2
Power play	1	0	7	0
Short-handed	0	0	0	0

Attempt share by period

Golden Knights took 56.4% of the shot attempts, and 54.8% of the 84 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	56.8	63.0
2nd	52.8	57.7
3rd	60.7	60.0
Game	56.4	60.3

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

Scoring summary

1st period

04:42 Mark Stone (5) Brayden McNabb (3), Shea Theodore (7) · wrist 0–1

3rd period

14:15 Cole Smith (3) Dylan Coghlan (2), Nic Dowd (1) · tip-in 0–2
17:57 Gabriel Landeskog (6) Martin Necas (12), Nazem Kadri (6) · tip-in 1–2

Three stars

Mark Stone VGK · R #61 · 1 G, 0 A
Cole Smith VGK · R #22 · 1 G, 0 A
Carter Hart VGK · G #79 · 0 GA, .952 SV%

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	18:56	COL	Josh Manson	hooking	2	Keegan Kolesar
2nd	02:51	VGK	Cole Smith	hooking	2	Josh Manson
2nd	13:43	COL	Gabriel Landeskog	cross checking	2	Colton Sissons

Boxscore

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	2	3	1	2	62.5	19:48
Martin Necas #88	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	0.0	20:06
Nazem Kadri #91	C	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	100.0	18:42
Brock Nelson #11	C	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	44.4	19:18
Jack Drury #18	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	44.4	10:24
Nathan MacKinnon #29	C	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	0	38.5	22:10
Nicolas Roy #10	C	0	0	0	-2	1	1	0	0	25.0	11:39
Parker Kelly #17	C	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0.0	11:48
Ross Colton #20	C	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	0.0	08:50
Artturi Lehkonen #62	L	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	17:30
Joel Kiviranta #94	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.0	10:15
Logan O'Connor #25	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0.0	11:05
Brent Burns #84	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0.0	18:39
Brett Kulak #27	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	0.0	16:37
Cale Makar #8	D	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0.0	27:30
Devon Toews #7	D	0	0	0	-1	3	0	2	0	0.0	24:31
Josh Manson #42	D	0	0	0	-1	0	7	1	2	0.0	14:58
Sam Malinski #70	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0.0	14:16

Avalanche goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood #39	L	26	24	2	.923	17/19	7/7	57:54

Vegas Golden Knights

Golden Knights skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Cole Smith #22	R	1	0	1	+1	2	3	0	2	0.0	09:20
Mark Stone #61	R	1	0	1	+1	2	3	1	0	0.0	15:42
Nic Dowd #26	C	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	0	33.3	10:57
Brayden McNabb #3	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0.0	23:56
Dylan Coghlan #52	D	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	0.0	13:08
Shea Theodore #27	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0.0	23:31
Brett Howden #21	C	0	0	0	+1	1	6	0	0	100.0	18:19
Colton Sissons #10	C	0	0	0	+1	1	2	2	0	50.0	11:53
Jack Eichel #9	C	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	68.8	21:12
Tomas Hertl #48	C	0	0	0	-1	3	1	0	0	40.0	15:15
William Karlsson #71	C	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	56.2	17:34
Ivan Barbashev #49	L	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	0.0	15:36
Keegan Kolesar #55	R	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	0.0	07:43
Mitch Marner #93	R	0	0	0	-1	2	1	2	0	0.0	22:22
Pavel Dorofeyev #16	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0.0	19:07
Kaedan Korczak #6	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	0.0	11:28
Noah Hanifin #15	D	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0.0	20:26
Rasmus Andersson #4	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	20:31

Golden Knights goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Carter Hart #79	W	21	20	1	.952	19/20	1/1	60:00

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.