For the Avalanche, Alex Beaucage scored. Alexandar Georgiev made 12 saves on 18 shots through 40 minutes. Jonas Johansson made 9 saves on 10 shots through 20 minutes.
For the Golden Knights, William Karlsson, Gage Quinney, Michael Amadio, Paul Cotter, Keegan Kolesar, Kaedan Korczak and Chandler Stephenson scored. Logan Thompson made 24 saves 25 on shots.
THE SCORING:
First Period:
0:53 - VGK 1, COL 0 -William Karlsson scored just 53 seconds into the game as he tipped in a shot from Zach Whitecloud.
10:26 - VGK 2, COL 0 -Gage Quinney doubled Vegas' lead with an unassisted strike.
Second Period:
2:05 - VGK 3, COL 0 - Michael Amadio extended the Golden Knights' lead 3-0. William Karlsson and Zach Whitecloud collected assists.
9:06 - VGK 4, COL 0 -Paul Cotter found the back of the net to put Vegas up 4-0.
13:30 - VGK 5, COL 0 - Keegan Kolesar furthered the Golden Knights' lead 5-0.
19:07 - VGK 6, COL 0 - Kaedan Korczak made it 6-0 for Vegas.
Third Period:
4:47 - VGK 6, COL 1 -Alex Beaucage robbed Thompson of the shutout as he put Colorado on the board. Mitch Vande Sompel and Ben Meyers recorded the assists.
14:49 - VGK 7, COL 1 - Chandler Stephenson put the Golden Knights up 7-1 late in the third.
SPECIAL TEAMS:
The Avalanche were 0-for-4 on the power play and were 2-for-2 on the penalty kill.
The Wild were 0-for-2 on the power play and were 4-for-4 on the penalty kill.
NEXT GAME:
The Avalanche continue their preseason with their next game at American Airlines Center as they face the Dallas Stars on Monday night at 6:00 p.m. MT.
