Colorado Avalanche vs Vegas Golden Knights
Regular season · Monday, December 23, 2019 · T-Mobile Arena
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Game summary
The Colorado Avalanche beat the Vegas Golden Knights 7-3 on Monday, December 23, 2019 at T-Mobile Arena. The Avalanche outshot the Golden Knights 38-32.
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare scored twice. Ryan Reaves, Matt Nieto, Nazem Kadri, Max Pacioretty, Gabriel Landeskog, William Carrier, Mikko Rantanen and Valeri Nichushkin also scored.
Pavel Francouz made 29 saves on 32 shots for the win; Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 31 of 38.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (5)J.T. Compher (15), Ian Cole (14)1–004:37 COL
Ryan Reaves (4)Tomas Nosek (3), Brayden McNabb (5)1–110:23 VGK
Matt Nieto (6)J.T. Compher (16)2–114:28 COL · SHG
Nazem Kadri (12)Unassisted3–117:35 COL
2nd period
Max Pacioretty (16)Chandler Stephenson (4), Mark Stone (22)3–211:57 VGK
Gabriel Landeskog (8)Nathan MacKinnon (33), Samuel Girard (13)4–214:06 COL · PPG- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (6)Valeri Nichushkin (6)5–216:58 COL
3rd period
William Carrier (5)Nate Schmidt (12), Reilly Smith (16)5–302:06 VGK
Mikko Rantanen (11)Nathan MacKinnon (34)6–303:57 COL · PPG
Valeri Nichushkin (7)Unassisted7–316:53 COL
Team stats
COLVGK
38Shots on goal32
52%Faceoff %48%
2/5Power play0/1
9Penalty minutes17
27Hits38
11Blocked shots15
8Giveaways9
9Takeaways9
Penalties
- 1st 02:05
Shea Theodore · high sticking2 min - 1st 14:11
Joonas Donskoi · holding2 min - 2nd 08:49Deryk Engelland · fighting5 min
- 2nd 08:49Valeri Nichushkin · fighting5 min
- 2nd 13:45Nate Schmidt · hooking2 min
- 2nd 13:45Max Pacioretty · cross checking2 min
- 2nd 13:45Matt Calvert · roughing2 min
- 2nd 16:58Bench · delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min
- 3rd 02:38Nick Holden · tripping2 min
- 3rd 14:32Nicolas Hague · high sticking2 min
Season series
Colorado Avalanche
| 13Valeri NichushkinR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 13:22 |
| 29Nathan MacKinnonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 2 | 23:34 |
| 37J.T. CompherL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 12:12 |
| 41Pierre-Edouard BellemareL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 12:05 |
| 83Matt NietoL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 11:30 |
| 91Nazem KadriC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 19:24 |
| 92Gabriel LandeskogL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 21:59 |
| 96Mikko RantanenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 22:04 |
| 28Ian ColeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 15:16 |
| 49Samuel GirardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 24:18 |
| 11Matt CalvertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 13:32 |
| 17Tyson JostC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 10:20 |
| 72Joonas DonskoiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:57 |
| 95Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 11:25 |
| 6Erik JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | 23:06 |
| 16Nikita ZadorovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 17:55 |
| 27Ryan GravesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 5 | 19:56 |
| 54Anton LindholmD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:02 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 39Pavel FrancouzG | W | 32 | 29 | 3 | .906 | 60:00 |
Vegas Golden Knights
| 19Reilly SmithR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 20:38 |
| 20Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:46 |
| 28William CarrierL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 12:06 |
| 61Mark StoneR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 15:34 |
| 67Max PaciorettyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 11:20 |
| 75Ryan ReavesR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 11:30 |
| 92Tomas NosekL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13:14 |
| 3Brayden McNabbD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 24:47 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 23:31 |
| 7Valentin ZykovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 11:38 |
| 26Paul StastnyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:59 |
| 71William KarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 19:58 |
| 81Jonathan MarchessaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 15:36 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 12:19 |
| 5Deryk EngellandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:45 |
| 14Nicolas HagueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 15:20 |
| 22Nick HoldenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:48 |
| 27Shea TheodoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 17:39 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | L | 38 | 31 | 7 | .816 | 60:00 |
| 30Malcolm SubbanG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |