Avalanche Beat Golden Knights 3-1

The Avalanche beat the Vegas Golden Knights 3-1 on Thursday night at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Jonathan Drouin, Sam Malinski, and Logan O’Connor scored for Colorado while Avalanche goalie Justus Annuen made 21 saves.

Drouin opened the scoring at 11:44 of the first period with a right-circle wrist shot off a saucer pass from Nathan MacKinnon.

The Avalanche took a 1-0 lead into the first intermission along with a 13-6 advantage in shots on goal.

Malinski doubled Colorado’s lead at 6:52 of the second period with a wrist shot from between the circles off a diving backhand pass from Parker Kelly.

Jack Eichel cut the Golden Knights’ deficit in half with a left-circle wrist shot on the power play at 18:25 of the middle frame.

Colorado led 2-1 after 40 minutes and had a 19-15 advantage in shots on goal entering the third period.

O’Connor doubled Colorado’s lead at 19:10 of the third period with a backhand empty-net goal from the red line.

Next up for the Avalanche is their preseason finale on Saturday at 5 p.m. MT against Utah Hockey Club at Maverik Center in West Valley City, Utah.