Golden Knights get past Avalanche 4-2.

Final · NHL · Wed May 20, 7:00 PM CDT · WCF Game 1

Series: VGK leads 1-0
TV: ESPN
Where: Ball Arena

Golden Knights get past Avalanche 4-2. Golden Knights took the lead for good in the 2nd.

	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
VGK	0	2	2	4	28
COL	0	0	2	2	38

Golden Knights: P. Dorofeyev 1G 0A; C. Hart 36 saves on 38 shots. Avalanche: V. Nichushkin 1G 0A; S. Wedgewood 24 saves on 27 shots.

By the numbers: Shots VGK 28, COL 38; Hits VGK 34, COL 31; Blocks VGK 23, COL 11; Power-play goals VGK 1, COL 1.

Scoring

2nd 12:29 VGK D. Coghlan (1), assisted by B. Saad, C. Sissons VGK 1, COL 0
2nd 15:02 VGK P. Dorofeyev (10), assisted by M. Marner, T. Hertl [power play] VGK 2, COL 0
3rd 01:34 VGK B. Howden (9), assisted by B. Hutton VGK 3, COL 0
3rd 05:53 COL V. Nichushkin (2), assisted by R. Colton VGK 3, COL 1
3rd 17:39 COL G. Landeskog (4), assisted by N. MacKinnon, D. Toews [power play] VGK 3, COL 2
3rd 19:15 VGK N. Dowd (3), assisted by J. Eichel, R. Andersson [empty net] VGK 4, COL 2

Team stats

	VGK	COL
Shots on goal	28	38
Hits	34	31
Blocked shots	23	11
Giveaways	23	9
Takeaways	7	4
Penalty minutes	6	4
Power-play goals	1	1

Box score

Golden Knights

Skaters

Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	HIT	SOG	BLK	TOI
J. Eichel	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	1	19:32
C. Sissons	C	0	1	1	+1	0	5	1	2	11:28
P. Dorofeyev	R	1	0	1	-1	0	0	3	0	14:21
B. Saad	L	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	08:10
B. Howden	C	1	0	1	+1	0	1	4	1	18:11
C. Smith	R	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	11:56
N. Dowd	C	1	0	1	+1	0	4	1	2	13:18
T. Hertl	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	10:45
I. Barbashev	L	0	0	0	-1	2	2	2	0	16:25
K. Kolesar	R	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	10:02
W. Karlsson	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	21:11
M. Marner	R	0	1	1	+2	0	1	2	0	21:35
B. McNabb	D	0	0	0	+1	0	5	1	3	25:42
R. Andersson	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	2	23:32
N. Hanifin	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	1	23:29
B. Hutton	D	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	10:01
S. Theodore	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	5	7	27:22
D. Coghlan	D	1	0	1	+1	0	0	1	0	08:13
Totals		4	7	11		6	34	28	23

Goalies

Goalie	SA	SV	SV%	GA	TOI
C. Hart	38	36	.947	2	60:00

Avalanche

Skaters

Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	HIT	SOG	BLK	TOI
N. Roy	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	0	12:40
B. Nelson	C	0	0	0	-3	0	1	4	1	18:15
V. Nichushkin	R	1	0	1	+1	0	3	3	0	13:39
P. Kelly	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	08:57
J. Drury	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	09:55
R. Colton	C	0	1	1	+1	2	6	3	1	09:55
L. O'Connor	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	10:16
N. MacKinnon	C	0	1	1	-1	0	0	3	0	21:32
A. Lehkonen	L	0	0	0	-1	0	5	1	0	15:42
M. Necas	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	3	0	23:41
N. Kadri	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	19:26
G. Landeskog	L	1	0	1	-1	0	1	3	0	21:21
D. Toews	D	0	1	1	-1	0	0	2	1	27:32
J. Ahcan	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	2	07:34
B. Kulak	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	23:06
J. Manson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	5	2	2	19:02
S. Malinski	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	20:31
B. Burns	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	3	16:55
Totals		2	3	5		4	31	38	11

Goalies

Goalie	SA	SV	SV%	GA	TOI
S. Wedgewood	27	24	.889	3	57:15

Play-by-play

1st Period 50

00:00 Start of 1st
00:15 VGK Shot on goal by P. Dorofeyev (snap), saved by S. Wedgewood
00:58 COL A. Lehkonen hits B. McNabb
01:20 COL N. Roy hits B. McNabb
01:38 COL N. Kadri hits D. Coghlan
01:51 COL Shot on goal by J. Manson (snap), saved by C. Hart
02:37 VGK C. Smith hits B. Burns
02:40 COL B. Burns hits C. Smith
02:46 VGK K. Kolesar hits B. Kulak
03:58 COL Shot on goal by B. Nelson (wrist), saved by C. Hart
04:02 COL A. Lehkonen hits B. Howden
04:03 COL Shot on goal by J. Manson (wrist), saved by C. Hart
04:18 VGK Shot on goal by K. Kolesar (wrist), saved by S. Wedgewood
04:28 VGK C. Smith hits J. Manson
04:30 COL R. Colton hits C. Smith
06:00 VGK C. Sissons hits L. O'Connor
06:15 VGK Shot on goal by T. Hertl (snap), saved by S. Wedgewood
06:33 VGK Shot on goal by P. Dorofeyev (wrist), saved by S. Wedgewood
06:36 VGK Shot on goal by J. Eichel (wrist), saved by S. Wedgewood
06:39 VGK Shot on goal by J. Eichel (wrist), saved by S. Wedgewood
06:53 VGK J. Eichel hits M. Necas
06:55 VGK I. Barbashev hits S. Malinski
07:43 COL J. Manson hits W. Karlsson
07:46 COL Shot on goal by B. Nelson (wrist), saved by C. Hart
08:02 COL R. Colton hits D. Coghlan
08:22 COL V. Nichushkin hits B. Hutton
09:02 COL Penalty: B. Burns, hooking (2 min)
10:13 COL A. Lehkonen hits M. Marner
10:46 COL J. Manson hits W. Karlsson
12:02 VGK Shot on goal by S. Theodore (wrist), saved by S. Wedgewood
12:28 VGK Shot on goal by I. Barbashev (wrist), saved by S. Wedgewood
13:08 VGK Shot on goal by M. Marner (wrist), saved by S. Wedgewood
13:50 COL J. Manson hits N. Dowd
14:07 COL J. Ahcan hits K. Kolesar
14:12 VGK N. Dowd hits P. Kelly
14:57 COL A. Lehkonen hits D. Coghlan
16:35 VGK Shot on goal by B. Howden (tip-in), saved by S. Wedgewood
16:55 COL R. Colton hits W. Karlsson
17:04 COL Shot on goal by N. Kadri (wrist), saved by C. Hart
17:05 COL Shot on goal by R. Colton (snap), saved by C. Hart
17:23 VGK C. Smith hits P. Kelly
17:24 VGK N. Dowd hits J. Drury
17:28 COL Shot on goal by L. O'Connor (backhand), saved by C. Hart
17:29 COL Shot on goal by P. Kelly (snap), saved by C. Hart
17:53 COL M. Necas hits B. McNabb
19:09 VGK Penalty: I. Barbashev, holding (2 min)
19:14 COL N. Kadri hits W. Karlsson
19:24 COL Shot on goal by M. Necas (slap), saved by C. Hart
19:57 COL Shot on goal by N. Kadri (wrist), saved by C. Hart
20:00 End of 1st

2nd Period 50

00:00 Start of 2nd
01:00 COL Shot on goal by N. MacKinnon (wrist), saved by C. Hart
02:32 VGK Shot on goal by S. Theodore (slap), saved by S. Wedgewood
02:42 COL P. Kelly hits S. Theodore
02:46 VGK B. McNabb hits J. Manson
03:20 COL Shot on goal by N. MacKinnon (wrist), saved by C. Hart
03:24 VGK B. McNabb hits G. Landeskog
04:20 COL Shot on goal by N. Kadri (wrist), saved by C. Hart
04:21 COL Shot on goal by V. Nichushkin (wrist), saved by C. Hart
04:30 COL Shot on goal by N. Roy (tip-in), saved by C. Hart
04:48 VGK N. Dowd hits B. Nelson
04:51 VGK K. Kolesar hits N. Roy
05:15 COL Shot on goal by D. Toews (wrist), saved by C. Hart
06:01 VGK I. Barbashev hits M. Necas
06:11 VGK Shot on goal by S. Theodore (backhand), saved by S. Wedgewood
06:21 COL J. Manson hits P. Dorofeyev
06:27 VGK Shot on goal by S. Theodore (slap), saved by S. Wedgewood
06:33 VGK Shot on goal by B. Howden (snap), saved by S. Wedgewood
06:40 VGK M. Marner hits S. Malinski
06:48 VGK Shot on goal by N. Hanifin (wrist), saved by S. Wedgewood
07:00 COL Shot on goal by B. Kulak (wrist), saved by C. Hart
07:49 COL G. Landeskog hits S. Theodore
09:42 COL R. Colton hits N. Dowd
10:25 COL Shot on goal by G. Landeskog (wrist), saved by C. Hart
10:40 VGK Shot on goal by J. Eichel (tip-in), saved by S. Wedgewood
11:43 COL Shot on goal by N. Kadri (tip-in), saved by C. Hart
11:51 COL R. Colton hits N. Hanifin
11:55 COL V. Nichushkin hits B. Howden
12:05 COL Shot on goal by V. Nichushkin (wrist), saved by C. Hart
12:18 COL Shot on goal by B. Nelson (wrist), saved by C. Hart
12:29 VGK GOAL: D. Coghlan (wrist), assisted by B. Saad, C. Sissons VGK 1, COL 0
12:38 COL B. Nelson hits N. Dowd
12:48 COL J. Manson hits C. Smith
12:59 VGK K. Kolesar hits A. Lehkonen
13:59 COL Shot on goal by B. Burns (tip-in), saved by C. Hart
14:16 COL Penalty: R. Colton, roughing (2 min)
15:02 VGK GOAL: P. Dorofeyev (wrist), assisted by M. Marner, T. Hertl VGK 2, COL 0
15:06 COL Shot on goal by M. Necas (tip-in), saved by C. Hart
15:34 VGK C. Smith hits M. Necas
16:04 VGK W. Karlsson hits B. Kulak
16:14 COL B. Burns hits W. Karlsson
16:25 VGK B. McNabb hits V. Nichushkin
16:35 VGK Shot on goal by M. Marner (wrist), saved by S. Wedgewood
16:52 VGK C. Sissons hits J. Manson
17:35 COL Shot on goal by J. Drury (wrist), saved by C. Hart
17:55 COL Shot on goal by L. O'Connor (wrist), saved by C. Hart
18:08 VGK B. Howden hits S. Malinski
18:28 VGK Shot on goal by W. Karlsson (snap), saved by S. Wedgewood
19:24 VGK Penalty: B. Hutton, tripping (2 min)
20:00 End of 2nd

3rd Period 42

00:00 Start of 3rd
00:37 VGK B. McNabb hits G. Landeskog
01:32 VGK Shot on goal by B. Hutton (wrist), saved by S. Wedgewood
01:34 VGK GOAL: B. Howden (backhand), assisted by B. Hutton VGK 3, COL 0
01:49 VGK K. Kolesar hits B. Kulak
02:22 VGK B. Hutton hits L. O'Connor
02:33 VGK C. Sissons hits S. Malinski
03:48 VGK B. McNabb hits M. Necas
04:32 COL Shot on goal by B. Nelson (tip-in), saved by C. Hart
04:47 VGK C. Smith hits A. Lehkonen
04:53 VGK N. Dowd hits S. Malinski
04:56 VGK C. Sissons hits D. Toews
05:03 VGK N. Hanifin hits S. Malinski
05:06 COL A. Lehkonen hits N. Dowd
05:28 COL R. Colton hits B. McNabb
05:53 COL GOAL: V. Nichushkin (between-legs), assisted by R. Colton VGK 3, COL 1
07:14 VGK Shot on goal by B. Howden (wrist), saved by S. Wedgewood
07:32 COL V. Nichushkin hits N. Hanifin
07:50 VGK C. Smith hits B. Nelson
07:51 COL Shot on goal by M. Necas (wrist), saved by C. Hart
07:55 COL M. Necas hits N. Dowd
09:23 COL N. Roy hits W. Karlsson
09:49 COL Shot on goal by R. Colton (tip-in), saved by C. Hart
09:50 COL Shot on goal by R. Colton (backhand), saved by C. Hart
10:21 VGK Shot on goal by B. McNabb (backhand), saved by S. Wedgewood
10:44 VGK Shot on goal by C. Sissons (backhand), saved by S. Wedgewood
12:41 COL Shot on goal by S. Malinski (wrist), saved by C. Hart
12:45 VGK C. Smith hits B. Kulak
12:48 COL Shot on goal by N. Kadri (tip-in), saved by C. Hart
13:30 VGK Shot on goal by S. Theodore (wrist), saved by S. Wedgewood
14:19 COL Shot on goal by N. MacKinnon (snap), saved by C. Hart
14:21 COL Shot on goal by G. Landeskog (snap), saved by C. Hart
14:39 VGK Shot on goal by I. Barbashev (wrist), saved by S. Wedgewood
14:53 COL Shot on goal by A. Lehkonen (snap), saved by C. Hart
16:14 VGK C. Smith hits J. Drury
16:31 VGK C. Sissons hits S. Malinski
16:52 VGK Penalty: S. Theodore, high sticking (2 min)
17:39 COL GOAL: G. Landeskog (snap), assisted by N. MacKinnon, D. Toews VGK 3, COL 2
19:06 COL Shot on goal by D. Toews (snap), saved by C. Hart
19:15 VGK GOAL: N. Dowd (wrist), assisted by J. Eichel, R. Andersson VGK 4, COL 2
19:37 COL Shot on goal by B. Burns (slap), saved by C. Hart
20:00 End of 3rd