Colorado Avalanche at Vegas Golden Knights, 2025-12-27

NHL · Dec 27, 2025

Colorado Avalanche28-2-7

6–5

Final – SO

Vegas Golden Knights17-8-11

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The Avalanche edged the Golden Knights 6–5 in a shootout at T-Mobile Arena. N. MacKinnon took first star with 1 goal and 2 assists.

Team	1	2	3	SO	T	SOG
Avalanche	0	2	3	1	6	39
Golden Knights	1	3	1	0	5	25

★ Three Stars

1N. MacKinnonCOL · 1G 2A

2M. NecasCOL · 2G 0A

3N. HanifinVGK · 0G 2A

Scoring Summary

1st Period

02:43

Alexander Holtz (Noah Hanifin, Tomas Hertl)

0-1

2nd Period

00:34

Ivan Barbashev (Mitch Marner)

0-2

05:19

Samuel Girard (Sam Malinski, Valeri Nichushkin)

1-2

10:27

Martin Necas (Sam Malinski, Samuel Girard)

2-2

11:36

Ben Hutton (Alexander Holtz, Noah Hanifin)

2-3

12:05

Brett Howden (Reilly Smith, Jeremy Lauzon)

2-4

3rd Period

03:52

Martin Necas (Nathan MacKinnon)

3-4

08:21

Nathan MacKinnon (Sam Malinski, Gabriel Landeskog)

4-4

16:00

Colton Sissons (Keegan Kolesar, Kaedan Korczak)

4-5

18:03

Artturi Lehkonen (Nathan MacKinnon, Brock Nelson)

5-5

Shootout

00:00

Nathan MacKinnon

6-5

Boxscore

Avalanche6

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Nathan MacKinnonC	1	2	3	+2	0	9	1	0	25:28
Sam MalinskiD	0	3	3	+3	0	3	0	1	19:11
Martin NecasC	2	0	2	+3	0	4	1	0	21:09
Samuel GirardD	1	1	2	+1	0	2	0	0	16:41
Artturi LehkonenL	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	0	20:36
Gabriel LandeskogL	0	1	1	+2	0	3	1	1	20:04
Brock NelsonC	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	1	23:52
Valeri NichushkinR	0	1	1	-1	0	7	0	0	20:03
Parker KellyC	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	9:01
Brent BurnsD	0	0	0	-3	0	0	1	0	17:53
Cale MakarD	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	24:39
Josh MansonD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	4	1	18:37
Devon ToewsD	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	1	25:39
Ross ColtonC	0	0	0	+1	0	2	2	0	9:51
Jack DruryC	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	1	11:38
Victor OlofssonL	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	11:40
Joel KivirantaL	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	5:34
Gavin BrindleyC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	8:14

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Scott WedgewoodStart	25	20	5	.800	64:10
Mackenzie Blackwood	0	0	0	-	0:00

Golden Knights5

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Alexander HoltzR	1	1	2	+1	0	2	0	2	18:55
Noah HanifinD	0	2	2	+2	0	3	0	2	26:01
Ivan BarbashevL	1	0	1	0	0	3	4	0	16:11
Brett HowdenC	1	0	1	-1	0	2	1	1	16:29
Colton SissonsC	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	3	11:37
Ben HuttonD	1	0	1	+2	0	2	0	3	20:51
Kaedan KorczakD	0	1	1	-2	0	0	2	1	23:13
Tomas HertlC	0	1	1	+1	0	1	2	0	20:21
Keegan KolesarR	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	3	10:50
Mitch MarnerR	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	2	20:44
Reilly SmithR	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	12:38
Jeremy LauzonD	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	14:13
Braeden BowmanR	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	12:43
Mark StoneR	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	21:31
Brayden McNabbD	0	0	0	-2	0	0	3	6	21:21
Zach WhitecloudD	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	2	13:47
Pavel DorofeyevR	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	20:21
Brandon SaadL	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	11:14

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Carter HartStart	39	34	5	.872	65:00
Akira Schmid	0	0	0	-	0:00