Top Cheddar 2026-27

Saturday, December 27, 2025 · T-Mobile Arena

Avalanche 6 at Golden Knights 5

Final/SO

Three Stars

C 99OVR Nathan MacKinnon Avalanche First Star 1G · 2A · 9 SOG C 98OVR Martin Necas Avalanche Second Star 2G · 4 SOG D 81OVR Noah Hanifin Golden Knights Third Star 2A · 3 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 2:43 Alexander Holtz (1) Noah Hanifin (10), Tomas Hertl (14) · Tip-in COL 0 – 1 VGK

2nd Period

  1. 0:34 Ivan Barbashev (12) Mitch Marner (30) · Wrist COL 0 – 2 VGK
  2. 5:19 Samuel Girard (3) Sam Malinski (16), Valeri Nichushkin (14) · Wrist COL 1 – 2 VGK
  3. 10:27 Martin Necas (17) Sam Malinski (17), Samuel Girard (7) · Wrist COL 2 – 2 VGK
  4. 11:36 Ben Hutton (5) Alexander Holtz (1), Noah Hanifin (11) · Slap COL 2 – 3 VGK
  5. 12:05 Brett Howden (7) Reilly Smith (5), Jeremy Lauzon (5) · Tip-in COL 2 – 4 VGK

3rd Period

  1. 3:52 Martin Necas (18) Nathan MacKinnon (32) · Wrist COL 3 – 4 VGK
  2. 8:21 Nathan MacKinnon (31) Sam Malinski (18), Gabriel Landeskog (13) · Wrist COL 4 – 4 VGK
  3. 16:00 Colton Sissons (3) Keegan Kolesar (6), Kaedan Korczak (6) · Backhand COL 4 – 5 VGK
  4. 18:03 Artturi Lehkonen (14) Nathan MacKinnon (33), Brock Nelson (12) · Snap COL 5 – 5 VGK

Overtime

No scoring

Shootout

  1. Nathan MacKinnon Deciding shootout goal · Wrist COL 6 – 5 VGK

Colorado Avalanche

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Nathan MacKinnon C 1 2 9 1 0 +2 25:28 2.83
Sam Malinski D 0 3 3 0 1 +3 19:11 2.55
Martin Necas C 2 0 4 1 0 +3 21:09 2.15
Samuel Girard D 1 1 2 0 0 +1 16:41 1.63
Gabriel Landeskog L 0 1 3 1 1 +2 20:04 1.15
Valeri Nichushkin R 0 1 7 0 0 -1 20:03 1.05
Artturi Lehkonen L 1 0 2 0 0 +1 20:36 1.00
Brock Nelson C 0 1 3 0 1 0 23:52 0.90
Ross Colton C 0 0 2 2 0 +1 9:51 0.35
Devon Toews D 0 0 3 0 1 -1 25:39 0.12
Gavin Brindley C 0 0 0 1 1 0 8:14 0.05
Victor Olofsson L 0 0 0 1 0 0 11:40 0.00
Cale Makar D 0 0 0 1 1 0 24:39 -0.15
Jack Drury C 0 0 1 1 1 -2 11:38 -0.18
Josh Manson D 0 0 0 4 1 -1 18:37 -0.30
Parker Kelly C 0 0 0 1 0 -2 9:01 -0.35
Joel Kiviranta L 0 0 0 1 0 -2 5:34 -0.35
Brent Burns D 0 0 0 1 0 -3 17:53 -0.40
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Scott Wedgewood W 25 20 5 .800 64:10 -1.75

Vegas Golden Knights

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Noah Hanifin D 0 2 3 0 2 +2 26:01 1.83
Alexander Holtz R 1 1 2 0 2 +1 18:55 1.68
Ben Hutton D 1 0 2 0 3 +2 20:51 1.30
Colton Sissons C 1 0 2 1 3 0 11:37 1.05
Ivan Barbashev L 1 0 3 4 0 0 16:11 0.93
Keegan Kolesar R 0 1 1 3 3 0 10:50 0.85
Tomas Hertl C 0 1 1 2 0 +1 20:21 0.80
Brett Howden C 1 0 2 1 1 -1 16:29 0.75
Jeremy Lauzon D 0 1 0 2 1 0 14:13 0.63
Reilly Smith R 0 1 0 0 0 0 12:38 0.58
Mitch Marner R 0 1 1 0 2 -1 20:44 0.55
Pavel Dorofeyev R 0 0 2 0 0 +1 20:21 0.30
Braeden Bowman R 0 0 4 0 0 0 12:43 0.30
Kaedan Korczak D 0 1 0 2 1 -2 23:13 0.28
Brandon Saad L 0 0 1 1 1 0 11:14 0.13
Zach Whitecloud D 0 0 1 2 2 0 13:47 0.02
Brayden McNabb D 0 0 0 3 6 -2 21:21 -0.05
Mark Stone R 0 0 0 0 0 -1 21:31 -0.10
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Carter Hart O 39 34 5 .872 65:00 -0.35