Valeri Nichushkin Leads Avalanche to 2-1 Shootout Victory Over Golden Knights

Nichushkin scored both Colorado's regulation goal and the decisive shootout goal, while Alexandar Georgiev made crucial saves to secure the win.

Valeri Nichushkin scored Colorado's only goal in regulation and the decisive shootout goal in a 2-1 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights.
Avalanche goaltender Alexandar Georgiev made 18 saves in regulation and overtime, stopping all five shootout attempts to seal the win.
Vegas' Pavel Dorofeyev opened the scoring with his team-leading 12th goal of the season, but Colorado responded just 33 seconds later with Nichushkin's unassisted goal.
The game marked a bounce-back performance for Colorado following an 8-2 loss to Tampa Bay earlier in the week, with both teams playing a tight, physical contest.
Colorado announced before the game that forward Jonathan Drouin is out week-to-week with an upper-body injury, leading to the NHL debut of 22-year-old Chase Bradley.