Avalanche 4-1 Kings (21 Jan, 2022) Final Score

Colorado Avalanche

27-8-3, 11-6-2 away

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

Avalanche continue hot streak by beating Kings 4-1

— Playing the second game of a back-to-back set, the Colorado Avalanche looked tired. They weren't able to bombard the Los Angeles Kings with their typical offensive brilliance, finding themselves on the wrong side of a 14-shot disparity.

Jan 21, 2022, 06:52 am - AP

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

1st Period			COL	LA
9:43		Mikko Rantanen (21) (Power Play) Assists: Nathan MacKinnon (32), Cale Makar (22)	1	0

2nd Period			COL	LA
3:06		Kiefer Sherwood (1) Unassisted	2	0
8:58		Anze Kopitar (13) (Power Play) Assists: Drew Doughty (17), Alex Iafallo (14)	2	1

3rd Period			COL	LA
4:11		Nicolas Aube-Kubel (6) Assists: Logan O'Connor (9), J.T. Compher (7)	3	1
18:25		Devon Toews (8) (Empty Net) Assists: Nathan MacKinnon (33), Mikko Rantanen (27)	4	1

AVALANCHE

KINGS

Regular Season Series

COL leads 1-0

Avalanche
4
Kings
1

Game 1

21/1

Avalanche
3
Kings
0

Game 2

16/3

Kings
3
Avalanche
9

Game 3

14/4

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Dallas	52	21	9	113
Winnipeg	52	24	6	110
Colorado	50	25	7	107
Nashville	47	30	5	99
St. Louis	43	33	6	92
Minnesota	39	33	10	87
Arizona	36	41	5	77
Chicago	23	53	6	52

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Vancouver	50	23	9	109
Edmonton	49	27	6	104
Los Angeles	44	27	11	99
Vegas	45	29	8	98
Calgary	38	39	5	81
Seattle	34	35	13	81
Anaheim	27	50	5	59
San Jose	19	54	9	47

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Colorado Avalanche

Los Angeles Kings

Stars of the Game

Darcy KuemperG - COL

Nicolas Aube-KubelRW - COL

Quinton ByfieldRW - LA

Game Information

Avalanche continue hot streak by beating Kings 4-1

Shot Chart

Regular Season Series

COL leads 1-0

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