Vegas Golden Knights vs Colorado Avalanche
Regular season · Tuesday, April 8, 2025 · Ball Arena
ESPN · SN360
Game summary
The Colorado Avalanche beat the Vegas Golden Knights 3-2 in a shootout on Tuesday, April 8, 2025 at Ball Arena. The Avalanche outshot the Golden Knights 36-21.
Goals came from William Karlsson, Brayden McNabb, Valeri Nichushkin and Jimmy Vesey.
Scott Wedgewood made 19 saves on 21 shots for the win; Akira Schmid stopped 34 of 36.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
William Karlsson (8)Reilly Smith (24)1–011:10 VGK · SHG
2nd period
Brayden McNabb (5)Unassisted2–000:40 VGK
Valeri Nichushkin (20)Nathan MacKinnon (84), Charlie Coyle (13)2–109:46 COL · PPG
Jimmy Vesey (5)Charlie Coyle (14), Miles Wood (4)2–217:08 COL
SO period
Charlie CoyleUnassisted2–300:00 COL
Team stats
VGKCOL
21Shots on goal36
48%Faceoff %52%
0/4Power play1/4
13Penalty minutes13
16Hits27
15Blocked shots11
17Giveaways15
5Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 02:57
Brock Nelson · interference2 min - 1st 10:49
Zach Whitecloud · delaying game2 min - 1st 13:14Keegan Kolesar · fighting5 min
- 1st 13:14Chris Wagner · fighting5 min
- 1st 15:19Pavel Dorofeyev · holding2 min
- 2nd 08:47Victor Olofsson · tripping2 min
- 3rd 09:36Kaedan Korczak · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 3rd 10:59Joel Kiviranta · holding2 min
- 3rd 15:14Keaton Middleton · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- OT 04:15Devon Toews · hooking2 min
Season series
Vegas Golden Knights
| 19Reilly SmithR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 19:04 |
| 71William KarlssonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 22:01 |
| 3Brayden McNabbD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 21:02 |
| 10Nicolas RoyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:08 |
| 16Pavel DorofeyevL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:13 |
| 20Brandon SaadL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:13 |
| 21Brett HowdenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:56 |
| 22Cole SchwindtR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:16 |
| 49Ivan BarbashevC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:30 |
| 55Keegan KolesarR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:15 |
| 61Mark StoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:55 |
| 70Tanner PearsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:04 |
| 95Victor OlofssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:00 |
| 2Zach WhitecloudD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:13 |
| 6Kaedan KorczakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:48 |
| 15Noah HanifinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24:46 |
| 17Ben HuttonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:33 |
| 27Shea TheodoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 29:03 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Adin HillG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 40Akira SchmidG | O | 36 | 34 | 2 | .944 | 64:46 |
Colorado Avalanche
| 10Charlie CoyleC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15:39 |
| 13Valeri NichushkinR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 25:53 |
| 26Jimmy VeseyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 09:10 |
| 28Miles WoodL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 10:50 |
| 29Nathan MacKinnonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 6 | 25:56 |
| 11Brock NelsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 | 18:40 |
| 14Chris WagnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:25 |
| 17Parker KellyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:15 |
| 18Jack DruryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:51 |
| 25Logan O'ConnorR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:56 |
| 62Artturi LehkonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 20:42 |
| 94Joel KivirantaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:46 |
| 6Erik JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 17:41 |
| 7Devon ToewsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28:28 |
| 8Cale MakarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 29:59 |
| 55Ryan LindgrenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:18 |
| 67Keaton MiddletonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:10 |
| 70Sam MalinskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:34 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39Mackenzie BlackwoodG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 41Scott WedgewoodG | W | 21 | 19 | 2 | .905 | 64:47 |