Vegas Golden Knights vs Colorado Avalanche
Regular season · Monday, January 2, 2023 · Ball Arena
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Game summary
The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-2 on Monday, January 2, 2023 at Ball Arena. The Avalanche outshot the Golden Knights 29-28.
Nicolas Roy scored twice. Nathan MacKinnon, Michael Amadio and Mikko Rantanen also scored.
Logan Thompson made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Alexandar Georgiev stopped 25 of 28.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Nathan MacKinnon (9)Mikko Rantanen (22), Artturi Lehkonen (15)0–100:25 COL
Michael Amadio (6)Nicolas Hague (7), Mark Stone (20)1–117:02 VGK
2nd period
Nicolas Roy (6)Keegan Kolesar (3), Kaedan Korczak (1)2–107:14 VGK- Nicolas Roy (7)William Carrier (4), Alex Pietrangelo (24)3–114:46 VGK
3rd period
Mikko Rantanen (25)Artturi Lehkonen (16), Nathan MacKinnon (27)3–211:07 COL
Team stats
VGKCOL
28Shots on goal29
55%Faceoff %45%
0/1Power play0/5
17Penalty minutes9
24Hits29
11Blocked shots7
3Giveaways13
10Takeaways7
Penalties
- 1st 08:00
Phil Kessel · holding2 min - 1st 09:58Brayden Pachal · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 1st 12:58
Andreas Englund · fighting5 min - 1st 12:58Keegan Kolesar · fighting5 min
- 2nd 00:09Cale Makar · holding the stick2 min
- 2nd 00:09William Carrier · hooking2 min
- 2nd 10:07Andrew Cogliano · interference2 min
- 2nd 16:06Byron Froese · tripping2 min
- 3rd 00:30William Carrier · holding2 min
- 3rd 14:14Reilly Smith · high sticking2 min
Season series
Vegas Golden Knights
| 10Nicolas RoyC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 15:50 |
| 22Michael AmadioC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:02 |
| 28William CarrierL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:58 |
| 55Keegan KolesarR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 08:56 |
| 61Mark StoneR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 20:59 |
| 6Kaedan KorczakD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:30 |
| 7Alex PietrangeloD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 28:29 |
| 14Nicolas HagueD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:44 |
| 8Phil KesselC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:46 |
| 15Jake LeschyshynC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:21 |
| 19Reilly SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:32 |
| 20Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 21:32 |
| 46Jonas RondbjergR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:04 |
| 51Byron FroeseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 07:22 |
| 71William KarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:20 |
| 3Brayden McNabbD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 24:29 |
| 17Ben HuttonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:32 |
| 94Brayden PachalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:40 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Adin HillG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 36Logan ThompsonG | W | 29 | 27 | 2 | .931 | 59:54 |
Colorado Avalanche
| 29Nathan MacKinnonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 27:07 |
| 62Artturi LehkonenL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 23:57 |
| 96Mikko RantanenR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 27:13 |
| 11Andrew CoglianoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:16 |
| 18Alex NewhookC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:12 |
| 25Logan O'ConnorR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:19 |
| 37J.T. CompherL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:39 |
| 43Darren HelmC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:55 |
| 59Ben MeyersC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:53 |
| 61Martin KautR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:00 |
| 81Denis MalginC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:20 |
| 6Erik JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 17:07 |
| 7Devon ToewsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 27:55 |
| 8Cale MakarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27:54 |
| 17Brad HuntD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 09:07 |
| 49Samuel GirardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:58 |
| 56Kurtis MacDermidD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:31 |
| 88Andreas EnglundD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:47 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Jonas JohanssonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 40Alexandar GeorgievG | L | 28 | 25 | 3 | .893 | 57:50 |