Golden Knights fall to Colorado Avalanche in close out of five-game road trip

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1st Period

• No Goals: The nets stay empty for the first period on either side. VGK 0, Avs 0

2nd Period

• 13:09 - VGK Goal: Pavel Dorofeyev comes in with a wrist shot score. Ivan Barbashev and Alex Pietrangelo come in for assists. VGK 1, Avs 0
• 13:42 - Avalanche Goal: VGK doesn't keep the lead for long Valeri Nichushkin shoots one for the Avs. VGK 1, Avs 1
• End of the 2nd: VGK 1, Avs 1

3rd Period

• No Goals: No scores in the third. Teams are going into overtime.

Overtime

• No Goals

Shootout

• Avalanche Goal: Valeri Nichushkin gets the final winning shot.

FINAL: VGK 1, Avs 2

BEFORE THE GAME

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — The Vegas Golden Knights close out their five-game road trip as they battle the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Ball Arena.

The Knights recorded a three-goal comeback in a road game for the first time in franchise history with the 5-4 comeback win on Monday against the Philadelphia Flyers.

Noah Hanifin played in his 700^th career game on Monday night, Jack Eichel is tied for third in the league for points with 34 points and
Ivan Barbashev lengthened his point streak to three games and recorded his seventh multi-point game of the season with his two points.

Milestones to watch for in Wednesday's game:

• William Karlsson is two games away from 700 career games.
• Noah Hanifin is two points away from 300 career points.
• Keegan Kolesar is four games away from 300 career games.
• Tanner Pearson is five points away from 300 career points.

Jack Eichel stated that not every game will be a masterpiece.

Eichel made it clear that no excuses will be made regardless of how the lineup looks, but the team will be happy with two points and a win.

You can watch the game on TNT and MAX broadcast at 7 p.m.