National Hockey League

FINAL
Vegas Golden Knights 4
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Colorado Avalanche 3
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COL02103
Rogers Place

Match Report

Tuch scores in OT, Knights beat Avs 4-3 for top seed

Alex Tuch scored 4:44 into overtime, Jonathan Marchessault had two goals and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-3 on Saturday to earn the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference.

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Team Stats

VGK COL
23
Blocked Shots
13
27
Hits
18
9
Takeaways
2
26
Shots
35
1
Power Play Goals
1
4
Power Play Opportunities
6
25.0
Power Play Percentage
16.7
0
Short Handed Goals
0
0
Shootout Goals
0
31
Faceoffs Won
29
51.7
Faceoff Win Percent
48.3
6
Giveaways
7
7
Total Penalties
5
14
Penalty Minutes
10

Top Performers

VGK

  • Robin Lehner G GA 3 · SA 35 · SOS 0
  • Mark Stone RW BS 2 · HT 0 · TK 2
  • Paul Stastny C BS 0 · HT 0 · TK 1
  • Chandler Stephenson C BS 3 · HT 3 · TK 0

COL

  • Philipp Grubauer G GA 4 · SA 26 · SOS 0
  • Nathan MacKinnon C BS 0 · HT 2 · TK 1
  • Gabriel Landeskog LW BS 0 · HT 0 · TK 0
  • Nazem Kadri C BS 0 · HT 1 · TK 1

Head to Head

COL wins series 2-0

Injuries

Colorado Avalanche

  • Josh Manson Out
  • Logan O'Connor Day-To-Day
  • Zachary L'Heureux Injured Reserve

Vegas Golden Knights

  • Parker Wotherspoon Injured Reserve

Play by Play

  1. Goal 4:44 4-3
    Alex Tuch 1st OT
  2. Missed 2:16 3-3
    Jonathan Marchessault 1st OT
  3. Missed 19:21 3-3
    Alec Martinez 3rd
  4. Goal 18:58 3-3
    J.T. Compher 3rd
  5. Missed 12:58 3-2
    Shea Theodore 3rd
  6. Penalty 11:56
    Nathan MacKinnon 3rd
  7. Penalty 10:05
    Tomas Nosek 3rd
  8. Penalty 10:05
    Matt Calvert 3rd
  9. Missed 5:57 3-2
    Zach Whitecloud 3rd
  10. Goal 3:02 3-2
    Jonathan Marchessault 3rd
  11. Penalty 3:02 2-2
    Ryan Graves 3rd
  12. Penalty 0:32
    Nate Schmidt 3rd
  13. Missed 0:29 2-2
    Mikko Rantanen 3rd
  14. Missed 18:37 2-2
    Brayden McNabb 2nd
  15. Missed 15:59 2-2
    William Karlsson 2nd
  16. Penalty 15:13
    Matt Nieto 2nd
  17. Goal 14:51 2-2
    Joonas Donskoi 2nd
  18. Goal 12:55 2-1
    Nicolas Roy 2nd
  19. Missed 12:55 1-1
    Nicolas Roy 2nd
  20. Penalty 9:47
    Jonathan Marchessault 2nd
  21. Missed 7:20 1-1
    Jonathan Marchessault 2nd
  22. Goal 6:46 1-1
    Nathan MacKinnon 2nd
  23. Missed 6:38 1-0
    Cale Makar 2nd
  24. Missed 6:18 1-0
    Mikko Rantanen 2nd
  25. Penalty 5:16
    Ryan Reaves 2nd
  26. Goal 1:34 1-0
    Jonathan Marchessault 2nd
  27. Penalty 0:32
    Nathan MacKinnon 2nd
  28. Missed 19:59 0-0
    Andre Burakovsky 1st
  29. Missed 18:27 0-0
    Nathan MacKinnon 1st
  30. Penalty 18:08
    Nicolas Roy 1st
  31. Penalty 17:36
    Brayden McNabb 1st
  32. Missed 14:38 0-0
    Brayden McNabb 1st
  33. Penalty 12:26
    Joonas Donskoi 1st
  34. Missed 9:59 0-0
    Nate Schmidt 1st
  35. Missed 4:51 0-0
    Gabriel Landeskog 1st
  36. Penalty 4:37
    Brayden McNabb 1st
  37. Missed 4:17 0-0
    Gabriel Landeskog 1st
  1. End of Game 5:00 4-3
    1st OT
  2. Period End 5:00 4-3
    1st OT
  3. Goal 4:44 4-3
    Alex Tuch 1st OT
  4. Blocked 3:51 3-3
    Erik Johnson 1st OT
  5. Giveaway 3:46 3-3
    Shea Theodore 1st OT
  6. Missed 2:16 3-3
    Jonathan Marchessault 1st OT
  7. Shot 2:04 3-3
    Nathan MacKinnon 1st OT
  8. Shot 1:13 3-3
    Alex Tuch 1st OT
  9. Shot 0:26 3-3
    William Karlsson 1st OT
  10. Hit 0:23 3-3
    Cale Makar 1st OT
  11. Face Off 0:00 3-3
    William Karlsson 1st OT
  12. Period Start 0:00 3-3
    1st OT
  13. Period End 20:00 3-3
    3rd
  14. Face Off 19:48 3-3
    Nathan MacKinnon 3rd
  15. Stoppage 19:48 3-3
    3rd
  16. Hit 19:32 3-3
    Reilly Smith 3rd
  17. Shot 19:27 3-3
    Shea Theodore 3rd
  18. Missed 19:21 3-3
    Alec Martinez 3rd
  19. Face Off 18:58 3-3
    Pierre-Edouard Bellemare 3rd
  20. Goal 18:58 3-3
    J.T. Compher 3rd
  21. Shot 18:54 3-2
    Gabriel Landeskog 3rd
  22. Face Off 18:16 3-2
    William Karlsson 3rd
  23. Stoppage 18:16 3-2
    3rd
  24. Face Off 17:27 3-2
    Paul Stastny 3rd
  25. Stoppage 17:27 3-2
    3rd
  26. Shot 17:24 3-2
    Nazem Kadri 3rd
  27. Blocked 16:48 3-2
    Cale Makar 3rd
  28. Blocked 16:40 3-2
    Cale Makar 3rd
  29. Face Off 16:35 3-2
    Pierre-Edouard Bellemare 3rd
  30. Stoppage 16:35 3-2
    3rd
  31. Hit 16:28 3-2
    Chandler Stephenson 3rd
  32. Shot 16:10 3-2
    Alec Martinez 3rd
  33. Face Off 15:20 3-2
    Mark Stone 3rd
  34. Stoppage 15:20 3-2
    3rd
  35. Shot 15:18 3-2
    Alex Tuch 3rd
  36. Shot 13:57 3-2
    Erik Johnson 3rd
  37. Blocked 13:46 3-2
    Pierre-Edouard Bellemare 3rd
  38. Blocked 13:13 3-2
    William Karlsson 3rd
  39. Missed 12:58 3-2
    Shea Theodore 3rd
  40. Blocked 12:49 3-2
    Shea Theodore 3rd

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