Colorado Avalanche vs. Vegas Golden Knights Tuesday, September 18, 2018 Pepsi Center (Denver, Colo.) Colorado Avalanche (0-0-0) Vegas Golden Knights (1-0-0) 1 Semyon Varlamov G 1 Dylan Ferguson G 30 Spencer Martin G 50 Zach Fucale G 2 Mason Geertsen D 2 Zach Whitecloud D 4 Tyson Barrie D 3 Brayden McNabb D 6 Erik Johnson D 6 Colin Miller D 11 Matt Calvert LW 8 Griffin Reinhart D 25 Logan O’Connor RW 10 Brooks Macek C 27 Ryan Graves D 12 Erik Brannstrom D 28 Ian Cole D 15 Jon Merrill D 29 Nathan MacKinnon C 21 Cody Eakin C 37 J.T. Compher LW 24 Oscar Lindberg C 38 Julien Nantel C 26 Paul Stastny C 40 Josh Dickinson C 28 William Carrier LW 46 J.C. Beaudin C 37 Reid Duke C 70 Nick Henry RW 38 Tomas Hyka RW 73 Travis Barron LW 40 Ryan Carpenter C 76 Josh Anderson D 56 Erik Haula LW 80 Brandon Saigeon C 70 Lucas Elvenes C 92 Gabriel Landeskog LW 73 Brandon Pirri C 96 Mikko Rantanen RW 89 Alex Tuch RW President/Governor Josh Kroenke General Manager George McPhee Exec. VP/ GM Joe Sakic Assistant General Manager Kelly McCrimmon Head Coach Jared Bednar Head Coach Gerard Gallant Assistant Coach Ray Bennett Assistant Coach Ryan Craig Assistant Coach Nolan Pratt Assistant Coach Mike Kelly Goaltending Coach Jussi Parkkila Assistant Coach Ryan McGill Video Coach Brett Heimlich Goaltending Coach David Prior Video Coach Tommy Cruz REFEREES: Brad Watson (#23), Garrett Rank (#7) LINESMEN: Brandon Gawryletz (#64), Scott Cherrey (#50) PRESEASON 2018-2019 VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS (1-0-0) POS NO. PLAYER GP G A PTS +/- PIM PP SH GW OTG S PCTG D 6 Miller, Colin 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 C 9 *Glass, Cody 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- D 12 *Brannstrom, Erik 1 1 1 2 2- 0 1 0 0 0 4 25.0 D 14 *Hague, Nicolas 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 25.0 D 22 Holden, Nick 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- LW 23 Carr, Daniel 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.0 C 37 *Duke, Reid 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- RW 38 *Hyka, Tomas 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 D 45 *Bischoff, Jake 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 50.0 RW 55 *Kolesar, Keegan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- LW 67 Pacioretty, Max 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 50.0 C 68 Tynan, TJ 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- C 71 Karlsson, William 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 20.0 C 72 *Quinney, Gage 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- D 77 Hunt, Brad 1 0 2 2 1- 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.0 RW 80 Wong, Tyler 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 --- C 81 Marchessault, Jonathan 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 100.0 LW 92 Nosek, Tomas 1 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.0 TEAM TOTALS 1 7 13 20 5 6 4 0 1 0 31 22.6 RK NO. GOALTENDER GPI MINS AVG W L OT SO GA SA SV% G A PIM 1 *Ferguson, Dylan 1 59 2.01 1 0 0 0 2 27 .926 0 0 0 TEAM TOTALS 1 60 2.00 1 0 0 0 2 27 .926 0 0 0 AVALANCHE PRESEASON GAME NOTES Tuesday, September 18, 2018 Avalanche vs. Vegas Golden Knights — Pepsi Center Tonight: The Colorado Avalanche opens its 2018-19 preseason schedule tonight against the Vegas Golden Knights, the first of six contests on the Avs’ exhiBition slate. Colorado will play three home games and three road games during the preseason, facing the Golden Knights, Minnesota Wild and Dallas Stars twice each (home-and-home). The Avs open the preseason at home before hitting the road for two consecutive contests against Minnesota and Vegas. Tune In: Altitude TV will broadcast tonight’s game and Colorado’s Sept. 28 exhiBition contests against Vegas and Minnesota, respectively. Former Altitude Radio play-by-play announcer Marc Moser will make his debut in the television booth as Altitude’s new play-by-play announcer alongside long-time analyst Peter McNaB. All preseason and regular season games can be heard on the Altitude Radio Network, with Altitude Sports Radio (92.5 FM) serving as the flagship home of Avalanche hockey in 2018-19. New radio play-by-play announcer Conor McGahey will call the action for all six exhiBition games and all 82 regular season contests with McNaB joining him for the contests on national TV. Date Opponent Time (MT) Location Tue., Sept. 18, 2018 Vegas Golden Knights 7 p.m. Pepsi Center Sat., Sept. 22, 2018 @ Minnesota Wild 4 p.m. Xcel Energy Center Mon., Sept. 24, 2018 @ Vegas Golden Knights 8 p.m. T-MoBile Arena Wed., Sept. 26, 2018 Dallas Stars 7 p.m. Pepsi Center Fri., Sept. 28, 2018 Minnesota Wild 7 p.m. Pepsi Center Sun., Sept. 30, 2018 @ Dallas Stars 4 p.m. American Airlines Center Avalanche vs. Golden Knights: Tuesday’s contest will mark the Golden Knights’ third visit to the Mile High City (pre- and regular season) and second for an exhiBition contest. Colorado finished 1-2-0 against Vegas during the 2017-18 regular season, the first-ever NHL campaign for the Golden Knights. The Avalanche’s win came in the only meeting Between the teams in Denver, a 2-1 shootout victory on March 24. The win moved Colorado into the first wild-card spot in the Western Conference and prevented the Golden Knights from clinching their first-ever Stanley Cup Playoff Berth (which they would do just two nights later when the teams clashed again in Vegas for the second part of the home-and-home series. 2018 Rookie Faceoff: The Avs traveled to Las Vegas to participate in the 2018 Rookie Faceoff hosted by the Golden Knights from Sept. 7-11 at City National Arena. Colorado finished 1-2-0 in games against the Anaheim Ducks, San Jose Sharks and host Vegas. Brandon Saigeon led the Avalanche with five points (5g, 0a) while Ty Lewis ranked second for the cluB with four points (1g, 3a). Vladislav Kamenev (1g, 2a), who served as captain of the rookie team, and Logan O’Connor (2g, 1a) each added three points. 2018 Rookie Faceoff Scoring Summary 9/8 vs. Vegas L, 7-6 9/9 vs. Anaheim L, 5-2 9/11 vs. San Jose W, 6-3 Player G-A-P Player G-A-P Player G-A-P Logan O’Connor 2-1-3 Brandon Saigeon 1-0-1 Brandon Saigeon 2-0-2 Brandon Saigeon 2-0-2 Matthew Boucher 1-0-1 Vladislav Kamenev 1-1-2 Ty Lewis 1-1-2 Michael Joly 0-1-1 Ty Lewis 0-2-2 Matthew Boucher 1-0-1 Cole Reinhardt 0-1-1 Nolan De Jong 1-0-1 Vladislav Kamenev 0-1-1 R.T. Rice 0-1-1 Martin Kaut 1-0-1 Josh Dickinson 0-1-1 Tim McGauley 1-0-1 Sergei Boikov 0-1-1 Sergei Boikov 0-1-1 Alex Breton 0-1-1 Nick Henry 0-1-1 Robbie Holmes 0-1-1 Cole Reinhardt 0-1-1 R.T. Rice 0-1-1 2018-19 Regular Season Schedule: The Avs will Begin their season at home for the 10th time in the last 13 seasons. Despite playing its first two games at home, the Avalanche will Be on the road for much of the early portion of the season, playing 11 of its first 17, 14 of its first 22 and 19 of its first 30 away from Denver. The 2018-19 campaign marks the fourth time in the last seven years that the Avalanche will face the Wild in a season opener (also 2012-13, 2014-15 and 2015-16)... Colorado’s longest road trip is five games, Jan. 8-16, while its longest homestand is also five contests from Jan. 19–Feb. 5. The Avs will have the All-Star Break and their “Bye week” in the middle of that homestand... Colorado will play 12 games in OctoBer, the cluB’s most dates in the opening month since 2009-10 (14). They’re Back: The Avalanche revealed the return of its fan-favorite third jersey for the 2018-19 campaign. The sweater originally debuted during the team’s 20th anniversary season on Oct. 24, 2015 vs. the Columbus Blue Jackets at Pepsi Center. Colorado's third jersey will will Be worn during 12 home contests (schedule Below) this season, all of which will Be against Central Division opponents as part of the Avalanche’s Division Rival third jersey nights at Pepsi Center. 2018-19 Third Jersey Schedule Nov. 7 vs. Nashville Jan. 21 vs. Nashville Nov. 24 vs. Dallas Jan. 23 vs. Minnesota Nov. 30 vs. St. Louis Feb. 16 vs. St. Louis Dec. 15 vs. Dallas Feb. 20 vs. Winnipeg Dec. 21 vs. Chicago Mar. 23 vs. Chicago Dec. 29 vs. Chicago Apr. 4 vs. Winnipeg Avs Host Fan Fest on Sept.