Vegas Golden Knights vs Colorado Avalanche
Preseason · Tuesday, October 5, 2021 · Ball Arena
ALT · KTNV
Game summary
The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Colorado Avalanche 7–4 on Tuesday, October 5, 2021 at Ball Arena.
Alec Martinez scored twice, Mikko Rantanen scored twice and Andre Burakovsky scored twice. Keegan Kolesar, Reilly Smith, William Karlsson, Peyton Krebs and Jake Leschyshyn also scored.
Logan Thompson made 34 saves on 38 shots for the win; Jonas Johansson stopped 13 of 17.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Keegan Kolesar (1)Nolan Patrick (2)1–003:26 VGK
Alec Martinez (2)Alex Pietrangelo (3), Peyton Krebs (1)2–015:38 VGK
2nd period
Mikko Rantanen (1)Nathan MacKinnon (1), Justin Barron (2)2–101:43 COL · 
Reilly Smith (1)Unassisted3–115:22 VGK
Andre Burakovsky (1)Ryan Murray (1), Nathan MacKinnon (2)3–216:54 COL
William Karlsson (2)Peyton Krebs (2), Alex Pietrangelo (4)4–217:36 VGK
3rd period
- Alec Martinez (3)William Karlsson (3), Reilly Smith (4)5–200:23 VGK ·
Peyton Krebs (1)Jake Leschyshyn (2), Sven Baertschi (1)6–201:27 VGK- Mikko Rantanen (2)Dennis Gilbert (2), Nazem Kadri (3)6–307:03 COL ·
- Andre Burakovsky (2)Valeri Nichushkin (2), Nazem Kadri (4)6–411:56 COL ·
Jake Leschyshyn (1)Peyton Krebs (3)7–418:45 VGK ·
Team stats
VGKCOL
3838
58%42%
1/53/4
810
1523
68
78
911
Penalties
- 7:09 into the first period
Mikko Rantanen · cross checking2 min - 1:16 into the second period
Peyton Krebs · holding2 min - 3:54 into the second periodDennis Gilbert · roughing2 min
- 19:35 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 4:44 into the third periodMikko Rantanen · high sticking2 min
- 5:16 into the third periodPeyton Krebs · holding2 min
- 11:34 into the third periodNicolas Hague · hooking2 min
- 13:04 into the third periodSven Baertschi · holding2 min
- 14:18 into the third periodJayson Megna · holding2 min
Vegas Golden Knights
| 18Peyton KrebsC | 1 | 3 | 4 | +5 | 1 | 15:50 |
| 15Jake LeschyshynC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 13:41 |
| 19Reilly SmithR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 14:20 |
| 71William KarlssonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 15:04 |
| 7Alex PietrangeloD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +4 | 2 | 18:41 |
| 23Alec MartinezD | 2 | 0 | 2 | +4 | 2 | 18:09 |
| 41Nolan PatrickC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:02 |
| 47Sven BaertschiL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:36 |
| 55Keegan KolesarR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:01 |
| 20Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:56 |
| 26Mattias JanmarkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 16:15 |
| 28William CarrierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:01 |
| 38Patrick BrownC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 13:38 |
| 46Jonas RondbjergR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 14:00 |
| 2Zach WhitecloudD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 21:35 |
| 14Nicolas HagueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 23:09 |
| 42Daniil MiromanovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 18:47 |
| 52Dylan CoghlanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 19:39 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36Logan ThompsonG | W | 38 | 4 | .895 |
| 39Laurent BrossoitG | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Colorado Avalanche
| 29Nathan MacKinnonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | 17:10 |
| 91Nazem KadriC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 4 | 14:16 |
| 95Andre BurakovskyL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 16:36 |
| 96Mikko RantanenR | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 4 | 16:45 |
| 13Valeri NichushkinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 12:10 |
| 28Ryan MurrayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:22 |
| 48Dennis GilbertD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 19:12 |
| 72Justin BarronD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 23:21 |
| 9Dylan SikuraC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | 12:07 |
| 11Mikhail MaltsevL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | 13:39 |
| 12Jayson MegnaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 16:30 |
| 15Shane BowersC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:12 |
| 22Stefan MatteauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:48 |
| 44Kiefer SherwoodL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 11:47 |
| 75Sampo RantaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 15:56 |
| 3Jack JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 21:20 |
| 10Roland McKeownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | 15:07 |
| 56Kurtis MacDermidD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | 15:49 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Jonas JohanssonG | L | 17 | 4 | .765 |
| 39Pavel FrancouzG | 20 | 2 | .900 |