Colorado Avalanche @ Los Angeles Kings

40-10-9, 18-6-5 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Avalanche COL	2	0	2	4
Kings LA	1	1	0	2

Los Angeles KingsKingsLA

24-22-14, 9-14-7 Home

Colorado Avalanche


forwards
Zakhar BardakovZ. Bardakov#93
Gavin BrindleyG. Brindley#54
Ross ColtonR. Colton#20
Jack DruryJ. Drury#18
Parker KellyP. Kelly#17
Gabriel LandeskogG. Landeskog#92
Artturi LehkonenA. Lehkonen#62
Nathan MacKinnonN. MacKinnon#29
Martin NecasM. Necas#88
Brock NelsonB. Nelson#11
Valeri NichushkinV. Nichushkin#13
Victor OlofssonV. Olofsson#95
defensemen
Brent BurnsB. Burns#84
Brett KulakB. Kulak#27
Cale MakarC. Makar#8
Sam MalinskiS. Malinski#70
Josh MansonJ. Manson#42
Devon ToewsD. Toews#7

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	9:14	0:00	0:00	9:14	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	12	7:30	0:00	0:00	7:30	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	15	12:23	0:00	0:00	12:23	2	0	100.0
0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	20	16:03	0:00	0:00	16:03	8	5	61.5
0	0	-1	1	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	21	16:40	0:00	0:00	16:40	2	0	100.0
1	2	3	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	23	18:44	0:33	0:00	18:11	3	3	50.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3:21	0:00	0:00	3:21	0	0	0.0
1	1	3	8	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	25	21:07	0:33	0:00	20:34	7	6	53.8
1	2	3	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	25	20:25	0:33	0:00	19:52	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	21	19:13	0:00	0:06	19:07	8	12	40.0
0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	20	19:06	0:00	0:06	19:00	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	18	14:09	0:00	0:00	14:09	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	22	18:13	0:00	0:06	18:07	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	23	17:21	0:00	0:00	17:21	0	0	0.0
0	1	3	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	24	25:26	0:33	0:00	24:53	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	21	19:07	0:00	0:00	19:07	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	2	0	1	2	3	0	1	22	17:23	0:00	0:00	17:23	0	0	0.0
1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	26	22:29	0:33	0:06	21:50	0	0	0.0

goalies
Mackenzie BlackwoodM. Blackwood#39

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
21	2	19	.905	19	0	0	0	0	60:00	0

Los Angeles Kings


forwards
Kenny ConnorsK. Connors#34
Warren FoegeleW. Foegele#37
Samuel HeleniusS. Helenius#79
Adrian KempeA. Kempe#9
Anze KopitarA. Kopitar#11
Alex LaferriereA. Laferriere#14
Jeff MalottJ. Malott#39
Artemi PanarinA. Panarin#72
Corey PerryC. Perry#10
Alex TurcotteA. Turcotte#15
Taylor WardT. Ward#52
Jared WrightJ. Wright#53
defensemen
Mikey AndersonM. Anderson#44
Angus BoothA. Booth#81
Cody CeciC. Ceci#5
Brandt ClarkeB. Clarke#92
Brian DumoulinB. Dumoulin#2
Joel EdmundsonJ. Edmundson#6

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	15	10:14	0:00	0:00	10:14	0	4	0.0
0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	21	16:11	0:00	0:22	15:49	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	17	11:28	0:00	0:00	11:28	2	6	25.0
0	1	-1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	25	20:52	0:06	0:15	20:31	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	2	0	2	0	0	2	2	1	26	20:08	0:06	0:00	20:02	14	10	58.3
0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	0	7	0	1	22	20:18	0:00	0:33	19:45	9	5	64.3
0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	6	1	0	17	10:01	0:00	0:00	10:01	0	2	0.0
0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	24	22:24	0:06	0:00	22:18	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	1	0	2	22	17:15	0:06	0:11	16:58	0	2	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	15	10:49	0:00	0:00	10:49	1	1	50.0
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	19	12:01	0:00	0:00	12:01	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	15	9:42	0:00	0:00	9:42	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-2	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	25	22:35	0:00	0:00	22:35	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	20	12:18	0:00	0:00	12:18	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	27	24:24	0:00	0:33	23:51	0	0	0.0
1	0	-1	2	0	2	2	4	0	1	0	27	23:30	0:06	0:00	23:24	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	23	15:02	0:00	0:00	15:02	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	2	5	0	0	3	0	0	25	19:39	0:00	0:33	19:06	0	0	0.0

goalies
Anton ForsbergA. Forsberg#31

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
38	3	35	.921	35	0	0	0	0	58:36	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

		1	2	3	T
	Avalanche	2	0	2	4
	Kings	1	1	0	2

1st Period		COL	LA
4:27	Nathan MacKinnon (41) Assists: Martin Necas (44), Gabriel Landeskog (18)	1	0
10:13	Gabriel Landeskog (8) Assists: Brent Burns (19), Martin Necas (45)	2	0
17:20	Brandt Clarke (8) (Power Play) Assists: Anze Kopitar (18)	2	1

2nd Period			COL	LA
8:32		Angus Booth (1) Assists: Brian Dumoulin (12), Adrian Kempe (28)	2	2

3rd Period			COL	LA
15:05		Devon Toews (2) Assists: Nathan MacKinnon (58), Cale Makar (44)	3	2
19:58		Martin Necas (26) (Empty Net) Assists: Gabriel Landeskog (19)	4	2

Martin Necas tallies goal vs. Kings

0:28

Devon Toews lights the lamp

0:34

Anton Forsberg robs Avalanche with save

0:30

Regular Season Series

COL wins 3-0

Avalanche
4
Kings
1

Game 1

8/10

Kings
2
Avalanche
5

Game 2

30/12

Avalanche
4
Kings
2

Game 3

3/3

crypto.com Arena

3:30 AM, 3 March 2026

Los Angeles, CA

Attendance: 15,492

Referees:
Kyle Rehman
Mitch Dunning

Linesmen:
Kiel Murchison
CJ Murray

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Colorado	40	10	9	89
Dallas	37	14	9	83
Minnesota	35	16	10	80
Utah	31	25	4	66
Nashville	27	25	8	62
Winnipeg	23	26	10	56
Chicago	23	28	9	55
St. Louis	22	29	9	53

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Vegas	28	18	14	70
Anaheim	33	23	3	69
Seattle	29	22	9	67
Edmonton	29	24	8	66
San Jose	29	25	4	62
Los Angeles	24	22	14	62
Calgary	24	28	7	55
Vancouver	18	35	7	43

Kings lose 1st game since firing coach; Avs first to 40 wins

The Avalanche became the first NHL team with 40 wins this season, defeating the Kings who were playing their first game since firing coach Jim Hiller on Sunday and replacing him on an interim basis with D.J. Smith.

Toews scores late winner as Avalanche beat Kings 4-2 in Los Angeles' first game under new coach

— Devon Toews scored the tiebreaking goal late in the third period, Martin Necas added an empty-netter to go with two assists, and the Colorado Avalanche defeated the Los Angeles Kings 4-2 on Monday night.

Colorado Avalanche vs. Los Angeles Kings: Game Highlights

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Colorado Avalanche @ Los Angeles Kings

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Regular Season Series

COL wins 3-0

Game Information

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NHL News

Kings lose 1st game since firing coach; Avs first to 40 wins

Toews scores late winner as Avalanche beat Kings 4-2 in Los Angeles' first game under new coach

Colorado Avalanche vs. Los Angeles Kings: Game Highlights