Colorado AvalanchevsVegas Golden Knights
COL 3/VGK 5
Things to say
Vegas beat Colorado 5-3 at T-Mobile Arena.
01
opener
Knights took it 5-3. Avs couldn't get anything going at even strength. Vegas just looked hungrier in their own building.
02
key player
Mark Stone had two points and was a menace in the slot all night. Guy always shows up in the big ones.
03
hot take
Colorado's the better team on paper and it doesn't matter one bit if they keep losing the special teams battle.
04
deep cut
Kaedan Korczak with two assists from the back end. Not a name you expect to see on the scoresheet.
05
exit
Gonna be a fun next one — Avs can't drop another or this thing tilts the wrong way.
The recap
Vegas knocked off Colorado 5-3 at T-Mobile, which is a real scalp considering the Avs came in at 55-16-11. Mark Stone was everywhere with a two-point night, Karlsson buried one, and Kaedan Korczak quietly stacked a pair of helpers from the back end.
Kadri got one back for Colorado and Devon Toews kept feeding from the point, but Vegas controlled the middle frame and never gave the lead up. Big home win against the class of the conference.