Vegas Golden Knights vs Colorado Avalanche
Regular season · Saturday, February 20, 2021 · Edgewood Tahoe Resort
NBCSN · SN1 · SN (JIP)
Game summary
The Colorado Avalanche beat the Vegas Golden Knights 3-2 on Saturday, February 20, 2021 at Edgewood Tahoe Resort. The Avalanche outshot the Golden Knights 39-29.
Goals came from Samuel Girard, Alec Martinez, Nathan MacKinnon, Devon Toews and Alex Tuch.
Philipp Grubauer made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 36 of 39.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Samuel Girard (2)Nathan MacKinnon (13), Mikko Rantanen (5)0–102:58 COL
2nd period
Alec Martinez (1)Jonathan Marchessault (7), Alex Pietrangelo (4)1–107:37 VGK
Nathan MacKinnon (4)Devon Toews (3)1–211:18 COL
3rd period
Devon Toews (4)Nathan MacKinnon (14), Mikko Rantanen (6)1–313:11 COL
Alex Tuch (5)Zach Whitecloud (3)2–314:25 VGK
Team stats
VGKCOL
29Shots on goal39
49%Faceoff %51%
0/4Power play0/4
12Penalty minutes10
23Hits15
11Blocked shots14
9Giveaways7
9Takeaways8
Penalties
- 1st 16:03
Mark Stone · high sticking double minor4 min - 1st 18:40Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 2nd 03:18William Carrier · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 2nd 10:44Chandler Stephenson · cross checking2 min
- 2nd 10:44
Tyson Jost · interference2 min - 2nd 16:15Joonas Donskoi · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 2nd 17:44Alex Tuch · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 2nd 18:09Andre Burakovsky · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 01:59Nazem Kadri · tripping2 min
- 3rd 02:37Cale Makar · delaying game puck over glass2 min
Season series
Vegas Golden Knights
| 81Jonathan MarchessaultC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:54 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:02 |
| 2Zach WhitecloudD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:02 |
| 7Alex PietrangeloD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 26:43 |
| 23Alec MartinezD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 24:56 |
| 9Cody GlassC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:21 |
| 10Nicolas RoyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:12 |
| 19Reilly SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:14 |
| 20Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:32 |
| 28William CarrierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 07:24 |
| 55Keegan KolesarR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 09:52 |
| 61Mark StoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 19:03 |
| 67Max PaciorettyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 19:04 |
| 71William KarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:29 |
| 75Ryan ReavesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 07:31 |
| 14Nicolas HagueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:36 |
| 22Nick HoldenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:45 |
| 27Shea TheodoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 26:51 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | L | 39 | 36 | 3 | .923 | 58:29 |
| 35Oscar DanskG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Colorado Avalanche
| 29Nathan MacKinnonC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 5 | 20:49 |
| 96Mikko RantanenR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 19:41 |
| 7Devon ToewsD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 22:59 |
| 49Samuel GirardD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 20:48 |
| 11Matt CalvertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12:32 |
| 13Valeri NichushkinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:14 |
| 17Tyson JostC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:28 |
| 20Brandon SaadL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:22 |
| 37J.T. CompherL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:02 |
| 41Pierre-Edouard BellemareL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12:53 |
| 72Joonas DonskoiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 12:35 |
| 91Nazem KadriC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 | 18:40 |
| 92Gabriel LandeskogL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:01 |
| 95Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:42 |
| 4Bowen ByramD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:25 |
| 8Cale MakarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 24:10 |
| 22Conor TimminsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:52 |
| 27Ryan GravesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:16 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Adam WernerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | W | 29 | 27 | 2 | .931 | 60:00 |