Vegas Golden Knights vs Colorado Avalanche
Playoffs · Saturday, August 8, 2020 · Rogers Place
NBC · SN · TVAS
Game summary
The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Colorado Avalanche 4–3 in overtime on Saturday, August 8, 2020 at Rogers Place. The Avalanche outshot the Golden Knights 35–26.
Jonathan Marchessault scored twice. Nathan MacKinnon, Nicolas Roy, Joonas Donskoi, J.T. Compher and Alex Tuch also scored.
Robin Lehner made 32 saves on 35 shots for the win; Philipp Grubauer stopped 22 of 26.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Jonathan Marchessault (1)Shea Theodore (1), William Karlsson (2)1–001:34 VGK · 
Nathan MacKinnon (1)Nazem Kadri (2), Mikko Rantanen (3)1–106:46 COL · 
Nicolas Roy (1)Ryan Reaves (2), Shea Theodore (2)2–112:55 VGK
Joonas Donskoi (2)J.T. Compher (1), Andre Burakovsky (2)2–214:51 COL
3rd period
- Jonathan Marchessault (2)Unassisted3–203:02 VGK
J.T. Compher (1)Nazem Kadri (3), Mikko Rantanen (4)3–318:58 COL
Overtime
Alex Tuch (3)Mark Stone (3)4–304:44 VGK
Team stats
VGKCOL
2635
52%48%
1/41/6
1410
2718
2313
67
92
Penalties
- 4:37 into the first period
Brayden McNabb · boarding2 min - 12:26 into the first period
Joonas Donskoi · interference2 min - 17:36 into the first periodBrayden McNabb · interference2 min
- 18:08 into the first periodNicolas Roy · hooking2 min
- 0:32 into the second periodNathan MacKinnon · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 5:16 into the second periodRyan Reaves · roughing2 min
- 9:47 into the second periodJonathan Marchessault · tripping2 min
- 15:13 into the second periodMatt Nieto · holding2 min
- 0:32 into the third periodNate Schmidt · high sticking2 min
- 3:02 into the third periodRyan Graves · ps tripping on breakaway0 min
- 10:05 into the third periodMatt Calvert · roughing2 min
- 10:05 into the third periodTomas Nosek · roughing2 min
- 11:56 into the third periodNathan MacKinnon · interference2 min
Vegas Golden Knights
| 81Jonathan MarchessaultC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 16:58 |
| 27Shea TheodoreD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 24:05 |
| 10Nicolas RoyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:24 |
| 61Mark StoneR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:22 |
| 71William KarlssonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | 21:13 |
| 75Ryan ReavesR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 08:15 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14:40 |
| 19Reilly SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:58 |
| 20Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:10 |
| 21Nick CousinsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 11:26 |
| 26Paul StastnyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:39 |
| 28William CarrierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 07:07 |
| 92Tomas NosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:19 |
| 2Zach WhitecloudD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:27 |
| 3Brayden McNabbD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:45 |
| 22Nick HoldenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:24 |
| 23Alec MartinezD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 24:27 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 26:55 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 90Robin LehnerG | W | 35 | 3 | .914 |
Colorado Avalanche
| 37J.T. CompherL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 13:56 |
| 91Nazem KadriC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 21:14 |
| 96Mikko RantanenR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 6 | 23:24 |
| 29Nathan MacKinnonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 23:59 |
| 72Joonas DonskoiR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:00 |
| 95Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 10:44 |
| 11Matt CalvertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:53 |
| 13Valeri NichushkinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:35 |
| 41Pierre-Edouard BellemareL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:40 |
| 83Matt NietoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:44 |
| 90Vladislav NamestnikovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:19 |
| 92Gabriel LandeskogL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:52 |
| 6Erik JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19:51 |
| 8Cale MakarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 24:08 |
| 16Nikita ZadorovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:17 |
| 27Ryan GravesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:23 |
| 28Ian ColeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:56 |
| 49Samuel GirardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 20:55 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | O | 26 | 4 | .846 |
| 39Pavel FrancouzG | 0 | 0 | – |