Colorado Avalanche vs Vegas Golden Knights
Preseason · Thursday, October 5, 2023 · T-Mobile Arena
TNT · SN
Game summary
The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Colorado Avalanche 4–3 on Thursday, October 5, 2023 at T-Mobile Arena. The Avalanche outshot the Golden Knights 34–26.
Goals came from Ryan Johansen, Valeri Nichushkin, Nathan MacKinnon, Nicolas Roy, Pavel Dorofeyev, Jonathan Marchessault and Paul Cotter.
Logan Thompson made 31 saves on 34 shots for the win; Alexandar Georgiev stopped 22 of 26.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Ryan Johansen (2)Cale Makar (1), Jonathan Drouin (3)1–001:57 COL · 
Valeri Nichushkin (1)Samuel Girard (1), Bowen Byram (2)2–010:51 COL
2nd period
Nathan MacKinnon (1)Cale Makar (2), Jonathan Drouin (4)3–007:04 COL · 
Nicolas Roy (1)Alex Pietrangelo (1), Ivan Barbashev (2)3–108:48 VGK
3rd period
Pavel Dorofeyev (1)Unassisted3–205:58 VGK
Jonathan Marchessault (2)Shea Theodore (1), Alex Pietrangelo (2)3–312:03 VGK
Paul Cotter (1)Chandler Stephenson (1), Mark Stone (2)3–418:43 VGK
Team stats
COLVGK
3426
45%55%
2/50/3
812
1320
1920
79
611
Penalties
- 1:47 into the first period
Alex Pietrangelo · high sticking double minor4 min - 6:59 into the first period
Sam Malinski · hooking2 min - 9:36 into the first periodPaul Cotter · interference2 min
- 9:36 into the first periodNathan MacKinnon · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 16:12 into the first periodMichael Amadio · slashing2 min
- 19:55 into the first periodNicolas Hague · hooking2 min
- 5:53 into the second periodKeegan Kolesar · tripping2 min
- 12:11 into the second periodMiles Wood · holding2 min
- 14:16 into the second periodBowen Byram · hooking2 min
Colorado Avalanche
| 27Jonathan DrouinL | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 2 | 19:41 |
| 8Cale MakarD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 24:59 |
| 12Ryan JohansenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 18:10 |
| 13Valeri NichushkinR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 17:25 |
| 29Nathan MacKinnonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 6 | 20:58 |
| 4Bowen ByramD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 21:48 |
| 49Samuel GirardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 19:57 |
| 10Riley TufteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:44 |
| 20Ross ColtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 6 | 16:56 |
| 22Fredrik OlofssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:29 |
| 25Logan O'ConnorR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 13:59 |
| 28Miles WoodL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:27 |
| 62Artturi LehkonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 20:58 |
| 90Tomas TatarL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:19 |
| 3Jack JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 14:43 |
| 7Devon ToewsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:18 |
| 56Kurtis MacDermidD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 05:44 |
| 70Sam MalinskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 10:20 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40Alexandar GeorgievG | L | 26 | 4 | .846 |
| 60Justus AnnunenG | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Vegas Golden Knights
| 7Alex PietrangeloD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 20:07 |
| 10Nicolas RoyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:01 |
| 16Pavel DorofeyevL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 09:04 |
| 20Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:04 |
| 43Paul CotterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:05 |
| 49Ivan BarbashevC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 16:08 |
| 61Mark StoneR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:13 |
| 81Jonathan MarchessaultR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 16:25 |
| 27Shea TheodoreD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 22:42 |
| 9Jack EichelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 19:58 |
| 21Brett HowdenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:21 |
| 22Michael AmadioR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 10:26 |
| 28William CarrierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:12 |
| 55Keegan KolesarR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:55 |
| 3Brayden McNabbD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:23 |
| 14Nicolas HagueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 20:12 |
| 17Ben HuttonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:13 |
| 94Brayden PachalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:27 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Adin HillG | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| 36Logan ThompsonG | W | 34 | 3 | .912 |