Colorado Avalanche vs Vegas Golden Knights
Preseason · Thursday, October 3, 2024 · T-Mobile Arena
NHLN · SN1 · SCRIPPS
Game summary
The Colorado Avalanche beat the Vegas Golden Knights 3–1 on Thursday, October 3, 2024 at T-Mobile Arena. The Avalanche outshot the Golden Knights 27–22.
Goals came from Jonathan Drouin, Sam Malinski, Jack Eichel and Logan O'Connor.
Justus Annunen made 21 saves on 22 shots for the win; Ilya Samsonov stopped 24 of 26.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Jonathan Drouin (1)Nathan MacKinnon (2), Calum Ritchie (1)1–011:44 COL
2nd period
Sam Malinski (2)Parker Kelly (1), Logan O'Connor (1)Pietrangelo 1:05 into shift2–006:52 COL
Jack Eichel (2)Mark Stone (1), Shea Theodore (2)2–118:25 VGK ·
3rd period
Logan O'Connor (1)Unassisted3–119:10 COL ·
Tired legs
When each goal went in, how long every skater on the ice had been out there. Each bar is one player: the taller the bar, the longer he’d been on. In 2024–25 the average NHL shift lasted about 48 seconds, and goals go in more often against players who’ve been out longer.
2–0 · 2nd 6:52 · Malinski. Pietrangelo had been on the ice for 1:05 when it went in.
1–0 COL
1st 11:44 · Drouin
Olofsson 0:47
2–0 COL
2nd 6:52 · Malinski
Long shift: Pietrangelo 1:05
2–1 VGK
2nd 18:25 · · Eichel
Wagner 0:18
3–1 COL
3rd 19:10 · · O'Connor
Eichel 1:49
Hover or tap a bar for the skater.
1.6×
When a defending player has been out 80 seconds or more, shots go in 1.6 times as often as when every defending player has been out under 20 seconds: about 1 in 15 against about 1 in 24.
29%
of 5-on-5 goals were scored while a defending player had been on the ice 60 seconds or more.
Team stats
Penalties
- 17:51 into the first period
Brett Howden · cross checking2 min - 0:07 into the second periodBrendan Brisson · slashing2 min
- 0:11 into the second period
Calum Ritchie · holding the stick2 min - 18:07 into the second periodOliver Kylington · holding2 min
- 5:39 into the third periodLogan O'Connor · delaying game puck over glass2 min
Colorado Avalanche
| 25Logan O'ConnorR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 14:40 |
| 17Parker KellyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 12:04 |
| 27Jonathan DrouinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:37 |
| 29Nathan MacKinnonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:38 |
| 71Calum RitchieC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:14 |
| 70Sam MalinskiD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 23:40 |
| 14Chris WagnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:15 |
| 20Ross ColtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:13 |
| 28Miles WoodL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 13:52 |
| 37Casey MittelstadtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:54 |
| 51Nikolai KovalenkoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:27 |
| 82Ivan IvanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:58 |
| 94Joel KivirantaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:01 |
| 7Devon ToewsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 22:16 |
| 26Erik BrannstromD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:26 |
| 42Josh MansonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 18:07 |
| 49Samuel GirardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 20:30 |
| 58Oliver KylingtonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:50 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Adam ScheelG | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| 60Justus AnnunenG | W | 22 | 1 | .955 |
Vegas Golden Knights
| 9Jack EichelC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 2 | 18:26 |
| 61Mark StoneR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 19:06 |
| 27Shea TheodoreD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 19:47 |
| 10Nicolas RoyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:26 |
| 19Brendan BrissonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:17 |
| 20Zachary Aston-ReeseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:37 |
| 21Brett HowdenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:08 |
| 26Alexander HoltzR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:05 |
| 28Tanner LaczynskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:16 |
| 46Jonas RondbjergR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:47 |
| 48Tomas HertlC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:13 |
| 49Ivan BarbashevC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 13:56 |
| 95Victor OlofssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | 15:22 |
| 2Zach WhitecloudD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:27 |
| 3Brayden McNabbD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:40 |
| 6Kaedan KorczakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:43 |
| 7Alex PietrangeloD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | 20:51 |
| 15Noah HanifinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:05 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Adin HillG | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| 35Ilya SamsonovG | L | 26 | 2 | .923 |