Colorado Avalanche at Vegas Golden Knights

Mon, Dec 23, 2019 · T-Mobile Arena · 2019–20 Regular Season

Colorado Avalanche

7 – 3

Final

Vegas Golden Knights

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Vegas Golden Knights 7–3 on Mon, Dec 23, 2019 at T-Mobile Arena. Pierre-Edouard Bellemare scored twice. Pavel Francouz made 29 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 38–32.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
COL	3	2	2	7	38
VGK	1	1	1	3	32

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	04:37	COL	PP	Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (5) · backhand	J.T. Compher (15), Ian Cole (14)	1–0
1st	10:23	VGK	EV	Ryan Reaves (4) · wrist	Tomas Nosek (3), Brayden McNabb (5)	1–1
1st	14:28	COL	EV	Matt Nieto (6) · wrist	J.T. Compher (16)	2–1
1st	17:35	COL	EV	Nazem Kadri (12) · deflected	Unassisted	3–1
2nd	11:57	VGK	EV	Max Pacioretty (16) · wrist	Chandler Stephenson (4), Mark Stone (22)	3–2
2nd	14:06	COL	EV	Gabriel Landeskog (8) · wrist	Nathan MacKinnon (33), Samuel Girard (13)	4–2
2nd	16:58	COL	EV	Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (6) · wrist	Valeri Nichushkin (6)	5–2
3rd	02:06	VGK	EV	William Carrier (5) · wrist	Nate Schmidt (12), Reilly Smith (16)	5–3
3rd	03:57	COL	PP	Mikko Rantanen (11) · wrist	Nathan MacKinnon (34)	6–3
3rd	16:53	COL	EV	Valeri Nichushkin (7) · deflected	Unassisted	7–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	02:05	VGK	Shea Theodore	high sticking	2
1st	14:11	COL	Joonas Donskoi	holding	2
2nd	08:49	VGK	Deryk Engelland	fighting	5
2nd	08:49	COL	Valeri Nichushkin	fighting	5
2nd	13:45	VGK	Nate Schmidt	hooking	2
2nd	13:45	VGK	Max Pacioretty	cross checking	2
2nd	13:45	COL	Matt Calvert	roughing	2
2nd	16:58	VGK	Bench	delaying game unsuccessful challenge	2
3rd	02:38	VGK	Nick Holden	tripping	2
3rd	14:32	VGK	Nicolas Hague	high sticking	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: COL 2.73 · VGK 2.64 · xG% COL 50.8

Colorado Avalanche

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
29	Nathan MacKinnon	C	0	2	2	-2	0	2	0	0	28.6	23:34	24
13	Valeri Nichushkin	R	1	1	2	+2	5	3	2	0		13:22	18
37	J.T. Compher	L	0	2	2	+1	0	1	1	1	40.0	12:12	18
41	Pierre-Edouard Bellemare	L	2	0	2	+2	0	4	1	0	80.0	12:05	21
49	Samuel Girard	D	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	1		24:18	26
96	Mikko Rantanen	R	1	0	1	-2	0	3	2	1		22:04	22
92	Gabriel Landeskog	L	1	0	1	-1	0	3	1	3	66.7	21:59	23
91	Nazem Kadri	C	1	0	1	0	0	4	3	0	54.5	19:24	20
28	Ian Cole	D	0	1	1	+2	0	1	1	1		15:16	22
83	Matt Nieto	L	1	0	1	+2	0	3	0	1		11:30	19
6	Erik Johnson	D	0	0	0	+2	0	4	1	0		23:06	28
27	Ryan Graves	D	0	0	0	+2	0	5	5	1		19:56	25
16	Nikita Zadorov	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	3	0		17:55	20
72	Joonas Donskoi	R	0	0	0	+1	2	1	1	0	100.0	14:57	21
11	Matt Calvert	L	0	0	0	+2	2	2	1	1		13:32	21
54	Anton Lindholm	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	1		12:02	19
95	Andre Burakovsky	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	0		11:25	17
17	Tyson Jost	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	50.0	10:20	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
39	Pavel Francouz	W	32	29	3	.906	60:00

Vegas Golden Knights

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
3	Brayden McNabb	D	0	1	1	+2	0	0	6	2		24:47	25
88	Nate Schmidt	D	0	1	1	+2	2	4	0	0		23:31	29
19	Reilly Smith	R	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	1		20:38	27
61	Mark Stone	R	0	1	1	0	0	5	1	0		15:34	19
20	Chandler Stephenson	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	40.0	14:46	21
92	Tomas Nosek	L	0	1	1	0	0	3	7	2	23.1	13:14	16
28	William Carrier	L	1	0	1	+2	0	1	5	0		12:06	17
75	Ryan Reaves	R	1	0	1	+1	0	2	4	0		11:30	14
67	Max Pacioretty	L	1	0	1	0	2	6	2	0		11:20	17
5	Deryk Engelland	D	0	0	0	0	5	1	2	3		20:45	23
71	William Karlsson	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0	57.1	19:58	24
22	Nick Holden	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	2		18:48	25
27	Shea Theodore	D	0	0	0	-4	2	0	1	0		17:39	26
81	Jonathan Marchessault	R	0	0	0	-3	0	1	1	0	50.0	15:36	20
14	Nicolas Hague	D	0	0	0	-2	2	2	5	3		15:20	23
26	Paul Stastny	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	2	68.8	13:59	17
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0		12:19	15
7	Valentin Zykov	L	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0		11:38	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29	Marc-Andre Fleury	L	38	31	7	.816	60:00