Colorado Avalanche vs Vegas Golden Knights

Regular season · Wednesday, October 9, 2024 · T-Mobile Arena

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Final

SOG 32–21

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Game summary

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Colorado Avalanche 8-4 on Wednesday, October 9, 2024 at T-Mobile Arena. The Avalanche outshot the Golden Knights 32-21.

Mikko Rantanen scored a hat trick, Victor Olofsson scored twice, Ivan Barbashev scored twice and Mark Stone scored twice. Zach Whitecloud, Casey Mittelstadt and Brett Howden also scored.

Adin Hill made 28 saves on 32 shots for the win; Alexandar Georgiev stopped 11 of 16.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
COL	1	2	1	4	32
VGK	3	2	3	8	21

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Mikko Rantanen (1)Nathan MacKinnon (1), Devon Toews (1)Barbashev 1:47 into shift1–010:48 COL
Victor Olofsson (1)Alex Pietrangelo (1), Shea Theodore (1)1–111:15 VGK
Ivan Barbashev (1)Noah Hanifin (1), Jack Eichel (1)1–218:32 VGK
Mark Stone (1)Jack Eichel (2), Ivan Barbashev (1)Drouin 1:05 into shift1–318:57 VGK

2nd period

Mikko Rantanen (2)Cale Makar (1), Nathan MacKinnon (2)2–304:15 COL · PPG
Zach Whitecloud (1)Ivan Barbashev (2), Jack Eichel (3)Girard 1:04 into shift2–405:49 VGK
Casey Mittelstadt (1)Samuel Girard (1), Josh Manson (1)3–417:32 COL
Victor Olofsson (2)Shea Theodore (2), Tomas Hertl (1)Kelly 2:14 into shift3–519:46 VGK · PPG

3rd period

Mikko Rantanen (3)Cale Makar (2), Samuel Girard (2)Hanifin 1:39 into shift4–506:59 COL
Mark Stone (2)Jack Eichel (4), Shea Theodore (3)4–608:29 VGK · PPG
Ivan Barbashev (2)Brayden McNabb (1)4–713:54 VGK
Brett Howden (1)Tanner Pearson (1), Mark Stone (1)4–819:24 VGK · EN

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

2:14

3–5 · 2nd 19:46 · Olofsson. Kelly was 2:14 into his shift when it went in.

GoalCOL on iceVGK on iceDefenders’ longest

1–0 COL

1st 10:48 · Rantanen

Stuck out there: Barbashev 1:47

Stuck out thereBarbashev 1:47

1–1 VGK

1st 11:15 · Olofsson

de Haan 0:27

Fresh legsde Haan 0:27

1–2 VGK

1st 18:32 · Barbashev

Drouin 0:40

NormalDrouin 0:40

1–3 VGK

1st 18:57 · Stone

Long shift: Drouin 1:05

Long shiftDrouin 1:05

2–3 COL

2nd 4:15 · PP · Rantanen

Whitecloud 0:32

Fresh legsWhitecloud 0:32

2–4 VGK

2nd 5:49 · Whitecloud

Long shift: Girard 1:04

Long shiftGirard 1:04

3–4 COL

2nd 17:32 · Mittelstadt

Olofsson 0:21

Fresh legsOlofsson 0:21

3–5 VGK

2nd 19:46 · PP · Olofsson

Stuck out there: Kelly 2:14

Stuck out thereKelly 2:14

4–5 COL

3rd 6:59 · Rantanen

Stuck out there: Hanifin 1:39

Stuck out thereHanifin 1:39

4–6 VGK

3rd 8:29 · PP · Stone

Manson 0:06

Fresh legsManson 0:06

4–7 VGK

3rd 13:54 · Barbashev

Manson 0:27

Fresh legsManson 0:27

4–8 VGK

3rd 19:24 · EN · Howden

MacKinnon 1:19

Empty netMacKinnon 1:19

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2024–25).

4.2%

5.7%

5.9%

6.9%

6.6%

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.6×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.6 times as often as against fresh legs (6.6% vs 4.2%).

29%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

COLVGK

32Shots on goal21

42%Faceoff %58%

1/3Power play2/3

6Penalty minutes6

22Hits19

9Blocked shots18

16Giveaways17

8Takeaways9

Penalties

2nd 02:53Brayden McNabb · tripping2 min
2nd 18:07Miles Wood · boarding2 min
3rd 04:58Pavel Dorofeyev · high sticking2 min
3rd 08:23Devon Toews · high sticking double minor4 min
3rd 09:43Nicolas Roy · tripping2 min

Season series

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters

96Mikko RantanenR	3	0	3	-1	6	0	0	0	40	20:44
29Nathan MacKinnonC	0	2	2	-2	4	1	1	0	47	21:33
8Cale MakarD	0	2	2	-1	1	1	1	0	–	26:15
49Samuel GirardD	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	–	20:44
37Casey MittelstadtC	1	0	1	-1	3	0	0	0	67	19:47
7Devon ToewsD	0	1	1	-1	1	0	0	4	–	20:42
42Josh MansonD	0	1	1	-1	3	2	0	0	–	18:20
17Parker KellyC	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	45	11:34
20Ross ColtonC	0	0	0	0	2	6	0	0	30	15:18
25Logan O'ConnorR	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	–	16:33
27Jonathan DrouinL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	21:25
28Miles WoodL	0	0	0	-1	3	2	1	2	–	12:01
51Nikolai KovalenkoR	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	0	–	14:57
71Calum RitchieC	0	0	0	-3	1	3	1	0	–	16:05
82Ivan IvanC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	09:44
94Joel KivirantaL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	08:40
44Calvin de HaanD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	2	0	–	12:54
70Sam MalinskiD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	2	0	–	13:43

Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40Alexandar GeorgievG	L	16	11	5	.688	40:00
60Justus AnnunenG		4	2	2	.500	15:16

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters

9Jack EichelC	0	4	4	+3	3	1	3	0	43	20:37
49Ivan BarbashevC	2	2	4	+3	2	2	1	0	–	16:26
61Mark StoneR	2	1	3	+4	2	2	4	0	–	20:25
27Shea TheodoreD	0	3	3	0	1	0	2	0	–	19:39
95Victor OlofssonL	2	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	–	13:03
21Brett HowdenC	1	0	1	0	4	1	0	0	83	13:19
48Tomas HertlC	0	1	1	-1	0	0	2	0	67	20:13
70Tanner PearsonL	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	10:45
2Zach WhitecloudD	1	0	1	+1	1	2	0	0	–	16:53
3Brayden McNabbD	0	1	1	+3	0	4	1	2	–	19:01
7Alex PietrangeloD	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	0	–	20:12
15Noah HanifinD	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	–	22:47
10Nicolas RoyC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	50	13:25
16Pavel DorofeyevL	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	2	–	13:22
19Brendan BrissonC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	10:48
26Alexander HoltzR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	14:00
55Keegan KolesarR	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	100	10:44
14Nicolas HagueD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	2	0	–	18:59

Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
33Adin HillG	W	32	28	4	.875	60:00
35Ilya SamsonovG		0	0	0	–	00:00