VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS NOTES:
GOLDEN KNIGHTS UPCOMING GAMES
Golden Knights 2022-23 Record: 35-18-6, 76 points (18-13-1 at Home, 17-5-5 on Road)
DATE OPPONENT TELEVISION RADIO SPANISH RADIO
Feb. 27 at Colorado Avalanche AT&T SportsNet Fox Sports 98.9 FM/1340 AM None
Mar. 1 vs. Carolina Hurricanes TNT Fox Sports 98.9 FM/1340 AM Deportes 1460 AM
Mar. 3 vs. New Jersey Devils AT&T SportsNet Fox Sports 98.9 FM/1340 AM Deportes 1460 AM
Mar. 5 vs. Montreal Canadiens AT&T SportsNet Fox Sports 98.9 FM/1340 AM Deportes 1460 AM
Mar. 7 at Florida Panthers AT&T SportsNet Fox Sports 98.9 FM/1340 AM None
GOLDEN KNIGHTS LAST GAME RECAP
February 25 – Vegas Golden Knights 2, Dallas Stars 3 SO
The Golden Knights (35-18-6) were taken down by the Dallas Stars (31-16-12), 3-2, in a shootout on Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena. Michael Amadio scored in the second period to give Vegas a 1-0 lead. Two minutes later, Wyatt Johnson knotted the game for the Stars at 1-1. In the final period, Jack Eichel gave the Golden Knights a 2-1 edge with 4:36 to play. Roope Hintz then tied the game at 2-2 to send it to overtime. In the shootout, Vegas went scoreless, while Jason Robertson and Roope Hintz converted for Dallas to win it.
LAST GAME BY THE NUMBERS
- Laurent Brossoit and Jake Oettinger each faced 43 shots, the first time opposing goaltenders have each posted 40+ saves in a Golden Knights game
- Reilly Smith had eight shots on net against Dallas, matching his career-high previously set during the 2017-18 season
- With his goal, Eichel becomes the first Vegas player to reach the 20-goal mark this season
- Vegas extends their point streak to nine games, going back to their game against the Islanders on Jan. 28
Against the Avalanche
The contest between the Golden Knights and the Avalanche on Monday is the third and final meeting this season between the two clubs. The last time these teams met, Vegas defeated Colorado, 3-2, at Ball Arena. Despite Nathan MacKinnon giving the Avalanche an early lead, Michael Amadio leveled the game at 1-1 entering the first intermission. Nicolas Roy then gave Vegas the lead with a two-goal period and despite a third period goal by Mikko Rantanen, the visiting team came away with the win. The Golden Knights are 10-11-1 against the against the defending Stanley Cup Champions and will look for their first consecutive wins over the Avalanche since winning Mar. 27 and Apr. 28, 2021.
2022-23 Season COL Series: 1-1-0 (Home: 0-1-0, Road: 1-0-0)
Oct. 22 – at Vegas (Vegas 2, Colorado 3)
Jan. 2 – at Colorado (Vegas 3, Colorado 2)
Feb. 27 – at Colorado
2021-22 Season COL Series: 1-2-0 (Home: 0-2-0, Road: 1-0-0)
Oct. 26 – at Colorado (Vegas 3, Colorado 1)
Feb. 16 – at Vegas (Vegas 0, Colorado 2)
Feb. 26 – at Vegas (Vegas 2, Colorado 3)
COLORADO AVALANCHE NOTES:
UPCOMING GAMES
Date Opponent Time (MT) TV Radio
Mon, Feb. 27 VEGAS 7 p.m. Altitude 92.5 FM
Wed, Mar. 1 NEW JERSEY 7 p.m. Altitude 92.5 FM
Sat, Mar. 4 at Dallas 1:30 p.m. ESPN+, ABC, SNet 92.5 FM
Sun, Mar. 5 SEATTLE 7 p.m. Altitude 92.5 FM
TONIGHT’S GAME
COLORADO vs. VEGAS
7:08 p.m.
Altitude/ 92.5 FM
The Colorado Avalanche continues their three-game homestand tonight against the Vegas Golden Knights at Ball Arena … The Avs, who opened the homestand with a 4-1 victory over the Flames on Saturday, have won five straight games, are 6-0-1 in their last seven and 13-2-2 in their last 17 contests … The 13 wins since Jan. 14 are tied with Carolina (13-2-1) for the most in the NHL … Following Saturday’s win, the Avalanche climbed into second place in the Central Division for the first time since Thanksgiving weekend (through games of Nov. 26) … Saturday’s victory ended a stretch of three consecutive sets of back-to-back games for the Avalanche, who picked up 11 of a possible 12 points (5-0-1) during that span … Colorado is 6-1-1 in its last eight on home ice … Away from Denver, the Avalanche have won four consecutive road games and are 7-1- 1 in the last nine road contests … Colorado has played only 57 games, tied with Nashville for the fewest in the NHL.
ON THE CALL
Altitude TV: Marc Moser (play-by-play), Mark Rycroft (analyst), Katie Gaus (reporter)
Altitude Radio: Conor McGahey
LAST GAME
Feb. 25 – Colorado 4, Calgary 1 at Ball Arena
The Colorado Avalanche defeated the Calgary Flames, 4-1, on Saturday night at Ball Arena … Nathan MacKinnon, Alex
Newhook, Mikko Rantanen and Denis Malgin scored for the Avalanche, and Alexandar Georgiev made 28 saves.
SF: 22 SA: 29 PP: 1-4 PK: 4-5
The Avalanche picked up 11 of a possible 12 points during their stretch of three consecutive sets of back-to-back games, which included sweeping the second half of all three back-to-backs against what was a rested opponent The Avs have won five straight games, are 6-0-1 in their last seven contests and 13-2-2 in their last 17 The Avs have scored the first goal in 15 of those 17 contests The Avalanche climbed to second place in the Central Division standings for the first time since Thanksgiving weekend (through games of November 26) … Colorado was in sixth place in the division as late as January 13 The Avalanche are 6-2-0 in the second game of a back-to-back this year Colorado is a league-best 13-3-0 on Saturday this season Josh Manson appeared in his 500th career NHL game Rantanen extended his goal streak to four games, his longest run of the season and tied for the longest streak by an Avalanche player in 2022-23 (Valeri Nichushkin, Oct. 12-19) MacKinnon extended his point streak to seven games (7g/8a) and scored a goal for the third straight contest … He has points in 10 consecutive home games (7g/11a)
Byram extended his point streak to four games (3g/2a), the longest streak of his NHL career Georgiev started on back-to-back nights for the third time this season … He is 3-0 with 1.34 GAA and .962 Sv% in the second game of those back-to-back sets Georgiev has won four straight games, tying his season high (third time) … He is 5-0-1 in his last six outings and 9-1-1 in his last 11 appearances
CURRENT INJURIES
Pavel Francouz – lower body (Feb. 14 – present)
Darren Helm – lower body (Jan. 14 – present)
Erik Johnson – lower body (Feb. 14 – present)
Gabriel Landeskog – lower body (Oct. 12 – present)
Cale Makar – head (Feb. 19 – present)
Total: 321
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Feb. 27 – Darren Helm placed on Injured Reserve (retroactive to Jan. 12) … Brad Hunt, Jonas Johansson, Ben Meyers
recalled from the Colorado Eagles (AHL)
Feb. 26 – Jack Johnson acquired from the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for Andreas Englund
Feb. 25 – Justus Annunen recalled from the Colorado Eagles (AHL) … Keith Kinkaid acquired from the Boston Bruins in exchange for Shane Bowers … Kinkaid reports to the Colorado Eagles (AHL) … Keaton Middleton signed to a
two-year contract through 2024-25 … Justus Annunen, Brad Hunt reassigned to the Colorado Eagles (AHL)
Feb. 24 – Jonas Jonansson reassigned to the Colorado Eagles (AHL)
TONIGHT’S OPPONENT – VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS
The Avalanche and Golden Knights wrap up the season series with the third and final meeting of 2022-23 … They split the first two matchups, with the Avs winning 3-2 in Las Vegas on Oct. 22 and the Golden Knights 3-2 here in Denver on Jan. 2 … The Avalanche are 7-5-0 all-time at T-Mobile Arena, tied with Los Angeles for the most wins of any opponent in that building.
SCHEDULE vs. GOLDEN KNIGHTS
Oct. 22 @ Vegas (W, 3-2)
Jan. 2 vs. VEGAS (L, 2-3)
Feb. 27 vs. VEGAS
RECORD vs. GOLDEN KNIGHTS
THIS SEASON 2021-22 ALL-TIME PLAYOFFS
Overall: 1-1-0 Overall: 2-1-0 Overall: 12-8-1 Series: 1 (0-1)
Home: 0-1-0 Home: 0-1-0 Home: 5-3-1 Games: 2-4-1 (includes round-robin game in 2020)
Road: 1-0-0 Road: 2-0-0 Road: 7-5-0
AVALANCHE & GOLDEN KNIGHTS CONNECTIONS
Brad Hunt spent parts of two seasons with the Golden Knights (2017-19).
BACK-TO-BACK
The Avs are 11-4-1 (.719) in back-to-back games this season, third best in the NHL behind only Boston (12-2-2, .813) and Carolina (13-3-2, .778) … The Avs are 5-2-1 in the first game and 6-2-0 in the second contest, as only the Hurricanes (7-1-1) have a better record on the second night of a back-to-back … The Avalanche on Saturday wrapped up a stretch of three consecutive sets of back-to-back games, with the club earning 11 of a possible 12 points during that span … All three back-to-backs required travel in between (either home/road or road/home) and all three opponents on the second half of the back-to-back were waiting for the Avs, with Colorado sweeping all three games … The Avalanche posted a 15-5-2 (.727) combined record in back-to-back games last season, the second-best mark behind Minnesota (.732, 19-6-3) … The Avs finished 7-3-1 in the first game and 8-2-1 in the second.
Feb. 14 vs. TBL (O, 3-4 SO)
Feb. 15 @ MIN (W, 3-2)
Feb. 18 @ STL (W, 4-1)
Feb. 19 vs. EDM (W, 6-5 OT)
Feb. 24 @ WPG (W, 5-1)
Feb. 25 vs. CGY (W, 4-1)
