Colorado Avalanche vs Vegas Golden Knights
Preseason · Wednesday, October 1, 2025 · T-Mobile Arena
NHLN · SCRIPPS
Game summary
The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Colorado Avalanche 2–1 on Wednesday, October 1, 2025 at T-Mobile Arena. The Golden Knights outshot the Avalanche 32–22.
Goals came from Gabriel Landeskog, Brett Howden and William Karlsson.
Akira Schmid made 21 saves on 22 shots for the win; Scott Wedgewood stopped 30 of 32.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Gabriel Landeskog (1)Valeri Nichushkin (4)1–018:07 COL
3rd period
Brett Howden (1)Brayden McNabb (1), Ivan Barbashev (3)1–105:30 VGK
William Karlsson (1)Mark Stone (1), Reilly Smith (1)1–214:40 VGK
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 2025–26 the average NHL shift lasted about 48 seconds, and goals go in more often against players who’ve been out longer.
1–0 COL
1st 18:07 · Landeskog
McNabb 0:33
1–1 VGK
3rd 5:30 · Howden
Landeskog 0:39
1–2 VGK
3rd 14:40 · Karlsson
Makar 0:52
Hover or tap a bar for the skater.
1.9×
When a defending player has been out 80 seconds or more, shots go in 1.9 times as often as when every defending player has been out under 20 seconds: about 1 in 14 against about 1 in 26.
30%
of 5-on-5 goals were scored while a defending player had been on the ice 60 seconds or more.
Team stats
Penalties
- 19:52 into the first period
Cole Reinhardt · interference2 min - 11:19 into the second periodShea Theodore · tripping2 min
- 11:38 into the third period
Brent Burns · hooking2 min - 19:34 into the third periodGabriel Landeskog · hooking2 min
Colorado Avalanche
| 13Valeri NichushkinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 15:09 |
| 92Gabriel LandeskogL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:22 |
| 11Brock NelsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:50 |
| 17Parker KellyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:51 |
| 18Jack DruryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:33 |
| 29Nathan MacKinnonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:59 |
| 54Gavin BrindleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:35 |
| 62Artturi LehkonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 20:59 |
| 88Martin NecasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20:48 |
| 93Zakhar BardakovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:29 |
| 94Joel KivirantaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:58 |
| 95Victor OlofssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:39 |
| 7Devon ToewsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:33 |
| 8Cale MakarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26:02 |
| 15Jack AhcanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:55 |
| 42Josh MansonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:05 |
| 70Sam MalinskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:35 |
| 84Brent BurnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:23 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41Scott WedgewoodG | L | 32 | 2 | .938 |
| 50Trent MinerG | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Vegas Golden Knights
| 19Reilly SmithR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:25 |
| 21Brett HowdenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:34 |
| 49Ivan BarbashevL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:56 |
| 61Mark StoneR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:44 |
| 71William KarlssonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18:31 |
| 3Brayden McNabbD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 24:34 |
| 20Brandon SaadL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:01 |
| 22Cole SchwindtR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:41 |
| 23Cole ReinhardtL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:14 |
| 26Alexander HoltzR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:31 |
| 36Raphael LavoieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:14 |
| 48Tomas HertlC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:10 |
| 93Mitch MarnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:30 |
| 2Zach WhitecloudD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:37 |
| 15Noah HanifinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21:16 |
| 17Ben HuttonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:51 |
| 27Shea TheodoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 23:56 |
| 52Dylan CoghlanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:15 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Carl LindbomG | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| 40Akira SchmidG | W | 22 | 1 | .955 |