On Saturday afternoon, the Colorado Avalanche fell to the Vegas Golden Knights 4-3 in overtime. With their loss, the Avalanche finished the play-in Round Robin 2-0-1 to clinch the #2 seed in the Western Conference Playoffs, which start on Tuesday, August 11th. It was a well-played affair between the two teams battling for the #1 seed.
The Avalanche received goals from Nathan MacKinnon, Joonas Donskoi, and J. T. Compher, while the Vegas Golden Knights saw their own four goals scored by Jonathan Marchessault — who picked up both a regular goal and a penalty shot tally — Nicholas Roy, and Alex Tuch (who scored the OT winner).