Colorado splits the preseason back-to-back against Vegas, as they drop this game 2-1.
Colorado played their second-to-last preseason game against the Vegas Golden Knights tonight, and their perfect record in the preseason came to a close as they dropped this game 2-1 to the Golden Knights.
The Game
The Colorado Avalanche would kick off the scoring in this game, with Gabe Landeskog getting on the board first in the first period, off of a feed from Valeri Nichushkin to make it 1-0 in the Avs’ favor. The goal felt inevitable as there was good pressure from the visitors to start the game.
After that, both these teams would exchange chances in a bit of a run-and-gun style of hockey, as preseason games typically go, before the Golden Knights would eventually find the equalizer, as Brett Howden buried a goal for Vegas to make it 1-1. Once again the power play came up short for the Avalanche and after a second failed attempt in the second period, Vegas started taking over the game limiting Colorado to five shots in the period.
Late in the third period, the Golden Knights would find the go-ahead goal, as William Karlsson would make it 2-1 in favor of the Golden Knights on a really hard-working play, and that would end up being the final score for this preseason game.
Takeaways
Keeping in mind once again that this is a preseason game, although the lineup was similar to what we will see on opening night it was their first game together and this was a perfectly fine game for Colorado. Unlike last night, they did not take a ton of penalties, as Colorado only took two minor ones in this game as opposed to the four that they took last night. Gavin Brindley was increibly noticable to me, and in a very good way. He was really strong on the forecheck, and just a really hardworking player all thorughout the game tonight. It’s not hard at all to see why the coahing staff likes him and why he’s survived the rounds of reassignments up till this point in the preseason, and why he’s potentially vying for a bottom-six spot on opening night.
Upcoming
Colorado cloases out the preseason on Saturday, October 4, as they take on the Dallas Stars. Puck drop will be at 4:00 p.m. MT on NHL Network.
Category: General Sports
