Colorado Avalanche 6, Vegas Golden Knights 5: final score and stats
Colorado Avalanche beat Vegas Golden Knights, Colorado Avalanche 6 to Vegas Golden Knights 5, on Saturday, December 27, 2025 at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, NV. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Vegas Golden Knights vs Colorado Avalanche.
NHLSaturday, December 27, 2025
DateDec 27, 2025
Start time10:00 PM ET
VenueT-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, NV
TVESPN+
Attendance18,168
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT1 | OT2 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado Avalanche | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Vegas Golden Knights | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Colorado AvalancheVegas Golden Knights
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
28-2-7Record17-8-11
3rd in Central DivisionStanding2nd in Pacific Division
4-5Road record / home record7-3
WWLLWLast 5WWWWL
W2StreakW4
Team stats
Colorado AvalancheVegas Golden Knights
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Colorado Avalanche
Josh Manson D · Ankle
Injured ReserveZachary L'Heureux LW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveVegas Golden Knights
Noah Hanifin D · Undisclosed
OutBox score
Colorado Avalanche Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gavin Brindley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8:14 | 1:07 | 0:00 | 7:07 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ross Colton | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9:51 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:51 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Drury | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 11:38 | 0:00 | 2:29 | 9:09 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 54.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Parker Kelly | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 9:01 | 0:00 | 2:10 | 6:51 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joel Kiviranta | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 5:34 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 5:34 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gabriel Landeskog | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:04 | 0:44 | 0:11 | 19:09 | 27 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 84.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Artturi Lehkonen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:36 | 0:25 | 1:50 | 18:21 | 25 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nathan MacKinnon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 25:28 | 0:55 | 0:00 | 24:33 | 30 | 1 | 32 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 66.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Martin Necas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21:09 | 1:33 | 0:00 | 19:36 | 26 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Brock Nelson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23:52 | 1:00 | 2:54 | 19:58 | 28 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 27.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Valeri Nichushkin | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 20:03 | 1:16 | 2:22 | 16:25 | 25 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Victor Olofsson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:40 | 0:53 | 0:00 | 10:47 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Colorado Avalanche Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brent Burns | 0 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 17:53 | 0:00 | 2:44 | 15:09 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Samuel Girard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:41 | 0:00 | 0:55 | 15:46 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cale Makar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24:39 | 1:07 | 2:11 | 21:21 | 31 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Sam Malinski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:11 | 0:00 | 0:48 | 18:23 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Manson | 1 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 18:37 | 0:00 | 2:10 | 16:27 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Devon Toews | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 25:39 | 1:00 | 3:16 | 21:23 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Colorado Avalanche Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Wedgewood | 5 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 20 | .800 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 64:10 | 0 | 0 |
Vegas Golden Knights Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivan Barbashev | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16:11 | 2:23 | 0:00 | 13:48 | 24 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Braeden Bowman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12:43 | 2:20 | 0:00 | 10:23 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pavel Dorofeyev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:21 | 3:36 | 0:00 | 16:45 | 22 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tomas Hertl | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20:21 | 3:37 | 0:00 | 16:44 | 22 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 63.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alexander Holtz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:55 | 2:22 | 0:00 | 16:33 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett Howden | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 16:29 | 2:13 | 0:29 | 13:47 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 41.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Keegan Kolesar | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10:50 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:50 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mitch Marner | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 20:44 | 3:38 | 0:54 | 16:12 | 27 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 27.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Saad | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:14 | 0:00 | 0:39 | 10:35 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Colton Sissons | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:37 | 0:00 | 0:38 | 10:59 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 58.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reilly Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:38 | 0:00 | 0:27 | 12:11 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Stone | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 21:31 | 3:40 | 0:54 | 16:57 | 24 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Vegas Golden Knights Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noah Hanifin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26:01 | 3:44 | 0:53 | 21:24 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Hutton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:51 | 2:01 | 0:00 | 18:50 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaedan Korczak | 1 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 23:13 | 0:11 | 1:06 | 21:56 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremy Lauzon | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14:13 | 0:00 | 0:51 | 13:22 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brayden McNabb | 6 | 3 | 1 | -2 | 21:21 | 0:15 | 1:09 | 19:57 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Whitecloud | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13:47 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:47 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Vegas Golden Knights Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carter Hart | 5 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 34 | .872 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 65:00 | 0 | 0 |
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Colorado Avalanche vs Vegas Golden Knights?
Colorado Avalanche won, 6-5, on Saturday, December 27, 2025.
What was the final score of Colorado Avalanche vs Vegas Golden Knights?
Colorado Avalanche 6, Vegas Golden Knights 5.
Who were the top performers?
Colorado Avalanche: Martin Necas (2 goals). Vegas Golden Knights: Alexander Holtz (1 goals).
Where is Colorado Avalanche vs Vegas Golden Knights played?
T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, NV.
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