Colorado Avalanche vs Vegas Golden Knights

Regular season · Friday, October 31, 2025 · T-Mobile Arena

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4–2

Final

SOG 26–23

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Game summary

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-2 on Friday, October 31, 2025 at T-Mobile Arena. The Avalanche outshot the Golden Knights 26-23.

Goals came from Martin Necas, Brock Nelson, Tomas Hertl, Brent Burns, Mitch Marner and Cale Makar.

Scott Wedgewood made 21 saves on 23 shots for the win; Carl Lindbom stopped 22 of 25.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
COL	1	1	2	4	26
VGK	0	0	2	2	23

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Martin Necas (8)Cale Makar (13), Devon Toews (2)1–000:41 COL

2nd period

Brock Nelson (3)Jack Drury (3)Barbashev 1:17 into shift2–004:32 COL

3rd period

Tomas Hertl (5)Shea Theodore (5), Mitch Marner (11)Manson 1:46 into shift2–102:51 VGK · PPG
Brent Burns (1)Martin Necas (7)McNabb 1:00 into shift3–110:11 COL
Mitch Marner (3)Tomas Hertl (6), Ben Hutton (3)Nelson 1:14 into shift3–212:01 VGK
Cale Makar (4)Martin Necas (8), Nathan MacKinnon (9)4–218:22 COL · 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+

1:46

2–1 · 3rd 2:51 · Hertl. Manson was 1:46 into his shift when it went in.

GoalCOL on iceVGK on iceDefenders’ longest

1–0 COL

1st 0:41 · Necas

McNabb 0:41

NormalMcNabb 0:41

2–0 COL

2nd 4:32 · Nelson

Long shift: Barbashev 1:17

Long shiftBarbashev 1:17

2–1 VGK

3rd 2:51 · PP · Hertl

Stuck out there: Manson 1:46

Stuck out thereManson 1:46

3–1 COL

3rd 10:11 · Burns

Long shift: McNabb 1:00

Long shiftMcNabb 1:00

3–2 VGK

3rd 12:01 · Marner

Long shift: Nelson 1:14

Long shiftNelson 1:14

4–2 COL

3rd 18:22 · EN · Makar

Theodore 0:48

Empty netTheodore 0:48

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 (2025–26).

3.9%

5.8%

6.5%

7.1%

7.3%

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

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

Team stats

COLVGK

26Shots on goal23

48%Faceoff %52%

0/2Power play1/6

12Penalty minutes4

16Hits14

22Blocked shots10

18Giveaways15

6Takeaways3

Penalties

1st 11:06Jack Drury · hooking2 min
2nd 02:24Gabriel Landeskog · hooking2 min
2nd 05:26Brent Burns · slashing2 min
2nd 14:00Zach Whitecloud · holding2 min
2nd 16:58Parker Kelly · slashing2 min
3rd 01:26Brent Burns · tripping2 min
3rd 01:55Devon Toews · hooking2 min
3rd 02:11Pavel Dorofeyev · holding the stick2 min

Season series

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters

88Martin NecasC	1	2	3	+3	2	1	0	0	–	19:57
8Cale MakarD	1	1	2	+3	2	0	1	0	–	26:41
11Brock NelsonC	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	64	20:00
18Jack DruryC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	2	2	20	14:30
29Nathan MacKinnonC	0	1	1	+3	2	1	3	0	57	20:09
7Devon ToewsD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	2	–	22:56
84Brent BurnsD	1	0	1	+1	2	0	1	4	–	21:01
13Valeri NichushkinR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	20:07
17Parker KellyC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	–	11:45
20Ross ColtonC	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	100	12:11
54Gavin BrindleyC	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	–	04:00
62Artturi LehkonenL	0	0	0	+3	4	0	2	0	–	17:47
92Gabriel LandeskogL	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	–	13:11
93Zakhar BardakovC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	03:54
95Victor OlofssonL	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	–	13:10
28Ilya SolovyovD	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	–	11:27
42Josh MansonD	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	–	19:39
70Sam MalinskiD	0	0	0	+1	3	0	4	0	–	16:10

Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
39Mackenzie BlackwoodG		0	0	0	–	00:00
41Scott WedgewoodG	W	23	21	2	.913	60:00

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters

48Tomas HertlC	1	1	2	-1	2	0	0	0	74	20:07
93Mitch MarnerR	1	1	2	-1	4	0	0	0	–	23:29
17Ben HuttonD	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	–	17:17
27Shea TheodoreD	0	1	1	-2	2	0	2	0	–	25:42
9Jack EichelC	0	0	0	-2	3	0	1	0	41	21:23
16Pavel DorofeyevR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	20:42
19Reilly SmithR	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	13:26
20Brandon SaadL	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	–	11:09
21Brett HowdenC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	36	14:10
23Cole ReinhardtL	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	50	11:08
26Alexander HoltzR	0	0	0	-2	1	0	1	0	–	12:00
49Ivan BarbashevL	0	0	0	-3	0	3	0	0	–	15:36
55Keegan KolesarR	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	09:32
71William KarlssonC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	55	13:56
2Zach WhitecloudD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	2	–	14:23
3Brayden McNabbD	0	0	0	-2	1	2	0	0	–	18:44
5Jeremy LauzonD	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	0	–	16:29
6Kaedan KorczakD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	17:08

Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Carl LindbomG	L	25	22	3	.880	59:39
40Akira SchmidG		0	0	0	–	00:00