Colorado Avalanche vs Vegas Golden Knights
Regular season · Thursday, December 27, 2018 · T-Mobile Arena
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Game summary
The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Colorado Avalanche 2-1 on Thursday, December 27, 2018 at T-Mobile Arena. The Golden Knights outshot the Avalanche 43-32.
Goals came from J.T. Compher, Paul Stastny and Brandon Pirri.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 31 saves on 32 shots for the win; Philipp Grubauer stopped 41 of 43.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
J.T. Compher (10)Mikko Rantanen (44), Nathan MacKinnon (35)1–009:42 COL · PPG
Paul Stastny (3)Alex Tuch (15), Nate Schmidt (8)1–111:40 VGK
3rd period
Brandon Pirri (4)Paul Stastny (2)1–210:11 VGK
Team stats
COLVGK
32Shots on goal43
44%Faceoff %56%
1/4Power play0/4
8Penalty minutes8
23Hits32
23Blocked shots16
3Giveaways10
8Takeaways19
Penalties
- 1st 09:36
Ryan Reaves · interference2 min - 2nd 01:40
Tyson Barrie · tripping2 min - 2nd 12:06Oscar Lindberg · tripping2 min
- 2nd 13:31Alexander Kerfoot · slashing2 min
- 2nd 18:50Mikko Rantanen · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 04:19Sheldon Dries · holding2 min
- 3rd 14:00Oscar Lindberg · holding2 min
- 3rd 16:19Jon Merrill · high sticking2 min
Season series
Colorado Avalanche
| 29Nathan MacKinnonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 7 | 23:15 |
| 37J.T. CompherL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 19:43 |
| 96Mikko RantanenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 21:46 |
| 10Sven AndrighettoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10:22 |
| 11Matt CalvertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:28 |
| 13Alexander KerfootC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:06 |
| 15Sheldon DriesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 05:11 |
| 17Tyson JostC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:22 |
| 34Carl SoderbergC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:13 |
| 57Gabriel BourqueL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:16 |
| 83Matt NietoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:44 |
| 92Gabriel LandeskogL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 21:21 |
| 4Tyson BarrieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:11 |
| 6Erik JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 23:12 |
| 12Patrik NemethD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:08 |
| 27Ryan GravesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:26 |
| 28Ian ColeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:16 |
| 49Samuel GirardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 17:52 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Semyon VarlamovG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | L | 43 | 41 | 2 | .953 | 58:08 |
Vegas Golden Knights
| 26Paul StastnyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 18:55 |
| 73Brandon PirriC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 13:03 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 14:54 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 23:11 |
| 19Reilly SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 20:45 |
| 21Cody EakinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:42 |
| 24Oscar LindbergC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:52 |
| 28William CarrierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:38 |
| 40Ryan CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15:07 |
| 71William KarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:39 |
| 75Ryan ReavesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:31 |
| 81Jonathan MarchessaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19:11 |
| 92Tomas NosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:36 |
| 3Brayden McNabbD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 21:45 |
| 5Deryk EngellandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:21 |
| 15Jon MerrillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 14:11 |
| 22Nick HoldenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 15:10 |
| 27Shea TheodoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20:44 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | W | 32 | 31 | 1 | .969 | 59:43 |
| 30Malcolm SubbanG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |