Colorado Avalanche vs. Vegas Golden Knights: How to watch, TV channel, streaming, start time and stats
Rusty Gorelick
Two Western Conference teams who each made the playoffs last season collide to open the 2024/25 NHL campaign, as the Colorado Avalanche visit the Vegas Golden Knights.
Both teams recently won the Stanley Cup, with the Avs winning it in 2022 and the Golden Knights lifting it a year later.
Colorado kept the core of its roster together this offseason, while Vegas lost a key player in Jonathan Marchessault, who signed as a free agent with the Nashville Predators after he led Vegas in goals (42) and points (69) while playing all 82 games last season.
How to watch Colorado Avalanche vs. Vegas Golden Knights, TV channel and streaming
Colorado Avalanche vs. Vegas Golden Knights will be broadcast on TNT, which can be viewed through cable TV or with live TV streaming apps such as YouTubeTV or Sling TV.
Streaming is also available on MAX.
Colorado Avalanche vs. Vegas Golden Knights start time, date and venue
Colorado Avalanche vs. Vegas Golden Knights is scheduled to start at 10 PM ET/8 PM MT/7 PM PT on Wednesday, October 9 with the game taking place at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Colorado Avalanche vs. Vegas Golden Knights stats
Nathan MacKinnon, Colorado Avalanche center and the 2023/24 Hart Trophy winner, scored 51 goals with 89 assists for 140 points to win the NHL's most prestigious individual award.
Vegas Golden Knights center Jack Eichel is the leading scorer remaining on the roster from last season, during which he scored 31 goals with 37 assists for 68 points.
Avs right winger Mikko Rantanen also topped 100 points, with 42 goals and 62 assists for 104 points.
Five players on the Golden Knights scored more than 50 points last season, and four of those players - Eichel, William Karlsson, Mark Stone and Chandler Stevenson - are still on the roster.
Colorado ranked seventh in expected goals (xG) differential in 5-on-5 play at +15.43, while Vegas ranked 12th at +10.57 per MoneyPuck.
The Avs scored 9.42 goals above expected, the sixth-best mark in the league, while Vegas ranked 18th with -0.72 goals below expected per MoneyPuck.
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