Colorado Avalanche vs Vegas Golden Knights

Regular season · Saturday, December 27, 2025 · T-Mobile Arena

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6–5

Final/SO

SOG 39–25

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Game summary

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Vegas Golden Knights 6-5 in a shootout on Saturday, December 27, 2025 at T-Mobile Arena. The Avalanche outshot the Golden Knights 39-25.

Martin Necas scored twice. Alexander Holtz, Ivan Barbashev, Samuel Girard, Ben Hutton, Brett Howden, Nathan MacKinnon, Colton Sissons and Artturi Lehkonen also scored.

Scott Wedgewood made 20 saves on 25 shots for the win; Carter Hart stopped 34 of 39.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	T	SOG
COL	0	2	3	0	1	6	39
VGK	1	3	1	0	0	5	25

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Alexander Holtz (1)Noah Hanifin (10), Tomas Hertl (14)0–102:43 VGK

2nd period

Ivan Barbashev (12)Mitch Marner (30)0–200:34 VGK
Samuel Girard (3)Sam Malinski (16), Valeri Nichushkin (14)Hertl 1:02 into shift1–205:19 COL
Martin Necas (17)Sam Malinski (17), Samuel Girard (7)2–210:27 COL
Ben Hutton (5)Alexander Holtz (1), Noah Hanifin (11)Manson 1:10 into shift2–311:36 VGK
Brett Howden (7)Reilly Smith (5), Jeremy Lauzon (5)2–412:05 VGK

3rd period

Martin Necas (18)Nathan MacKinnon (32)3–403:52 COL
Nathan MacKinnon (31)Sam Malinski (18), Gabriel Landeskog (13)4–408:21 COL
Colton Sissons (3)Keegan Kolesar (6), Kaedan Korczak (6)4–516:00 VGK
Artturi Lehkonen (14)Nathan MacKinnon (33), Brock Nelson (12)McNabb 1:17 into shift5–518:03 COL

SO period

Nathan MacKinnonUnassisted6–500:00 COL

Tired legs

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

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:17

5–5 · 3rd 18:03 · Lehkonen. McNabb was 1:17 into his shift when it went in.

GoalCOL on iceVGK on iceDefenders’ longest

0–1 VGK

1st 2:43 · Holtz

Drury 0:27

Fresh legsDrury 0:27

0–2 VGK

2nd 0:34 · Barbashev

Landeskog 0:34

Fresh legsLandeskog 0:34

1–2 COL

2nd 5:19 · Girard

Long shift: Hertl 1:02

Long shiftHertl 1:02

2–2 COL

2nd 10:27 · Necas

McNabb 0:32

Fresh legsMcNabb 0:32

2–3 VGK

2nd 11:36 · Hutton

Long shift: Manson 1:10

Long shiftManson 1:10

2–4 VGK

2nd 12:05 · Howden

Nelson 0:29

Fresh legsNelson 0:29

3–4 COL

3rd 3:52 · Necas

McNabb 0:33

Fresh legsMcNabb 0:33

4–4 COL

3rd 8:21 · MacKinnon

Korczak 0:22

Fresh legsKorczak 0:22

4–5 VGK

3rd 16:00 · Sissons

Burns 0:33

Fresh legsBurns 0:33

5–5 COL

3rd 18:03 · Lehkonen

Long shift: McNabb 1:17

Long shiftMcNabb 1:17

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

39Shots on goal25

53%Faceoff %47%

0/1Power play0/3

6Penalty minutes2

16Hits21

8Blocked shots27

15Giveaways19

5Takeaways5

Penalties

1st 11:30Cale Makar · delaying game puck over glass2 min
1st 14:58Zach Whitecloud · hooking2 min
3rd 05:52Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
3rd 10:36Josh Manson · interference2 min

Season series

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters

29Nathan MacKinnonC	1	2	3	+2	9	1	0	0	67	25:28
70Sam MalinskiD	0	3	3	+3	3	0	1	0	–	19:11
88Martin NecasC	2	0	2	+3	4	1	0	0	–	21:09
49Samuel GirardD	1	1	2	+1	2	0	0	0	–	16:41
11Brock NelsonC	0	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	28	23:52
13Valeri NichushkinR	0	1	1	-1	7	0	0	0	–	20:03
62Artturi LehkonenL	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	100	20:36
92Gabriel LandeskogL	0	1	1	+2	3	1	1	0	85	20:04
17Parker KellyC	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	–	09:01
18Jack DruryC	0	0	0	-2	1	1	1	0	55	11:38
20Ross ColtonC	0	0	0	+1	2	2	0	0	50	09:51
54Gavin BrindleyC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	33	08:14
94Joel KivirantaL	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	–	05:34
95Victor OlofssonL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	11:40
7Devon ToewsD	0	0	0	-1	3	0	1	0	–	25:39
8Cale MakarD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	–	24:39
42Josh MansonD	0	0	0	-1	0	4	1	2	–	18:37
84Brent BurnsD	0	0	0	-3	0	1	0	0	–	17:53

Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
39Mackenzie BlackwoodG		0	0	0	–	00:00
41Scott WedgewoodG	W	25	20	5	.800	64:10

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters

26Alexander HoltzR	1	1	2	+1	2	0	2	0	–	18:55
15Noah HanifinD	0	2	2	+2	3	0	2	0	–	26:01
10Colton SissonsC	1	0	1	0	2	1	3	0	58	11:37
19Reilly SmithR	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	12:38
21Brett HowdenC	1	0	1	-1	2	1	1	0	41	16:29
48Tomas HertlC	0	1	1	+1	1	2	0	0	63	20:21
49Ivan BarbashevL	1	0	1	0	3	4	0	0	–	16:11
55Keegan KolesarR	0	1	1	0	1	3	3	0	–	10:50
93Mitch MarnerR	0	1	1	-1	1	0	2	0	27	20:44
5Jeremy LauzonD	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	–	14:13
6Kaedan KorczakD	0	1	1	-2	0	2	1	0	–	23:13
17Ben HuttonD	1	0	1	+2	2	0	3	0	–	20:51
16Pavel DorofeyevR	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	–	20:21
20Brandon SaadL	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	11:14
42Braeden BowmanR	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	–	12:43
61Mark StoneR	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	21:31
2Zach WhitecloudD	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	–	13:47
3Brayden McNabbD	0	0	0	-2	0	3	6	0	–	21:21

Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40Akira SchmidG		0	0	0	–	00:00
79Carter HartG	O	39	34	5	.872	65:00