Los Angeles Kings @ Colorado Avalanche

West 1st Round - Game 1 • COL leads series 1-0

35-27-20, 20-10-11 Away

Final

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

Colorado AvalancheAvalancheCOL

55-16-11, 26-9-6 Home

Los Angeles Kings


forwards
Joel ArmiaJ. Armia#40
Quinton ByfieldQ. Byfield#55
Samuel HeleniusS. Helenius#79
Mathieu JosephM. Joseph#17
Adrian KempeA. Kempe#9
Anze KopitarA. Kopitar#11
Alex LaferriereA. Laferriere#14
Scott LaughtonS. Laughton#21
Jeff MalottJ. Malott#39
Trevor MooreT. Moore#12
Artemi PanarinA. Panarin#10
Jared WrightJ. Wright#53
defensemen
Mikey AndersonM. Anderson#44
Cody CeciC. Ceci#5
Brandt ClarkeB. Clarke#92
Drew DoughtyD. Doughty#8
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	0	3	1	2	4	2	0	0	22	13:10	0:24	0:59	11:47	1	0	100.0
0	0	-1	3	2	1	1	2	3	2	2	34	21:07	3:31	3:03	14:33	7	11	38.9
0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	10	6:33	0:00	0:00	6:33	0	1	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	12	6:56	0:00	0:00	6:56	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	1	2	1	2	2	0	1	25	18:42	3:39	1:19	13:44	1	1	50.0
0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	2	0	1	24	19:57	3:00	1:08	15:49	13	6	68.4
0	1	-1	4	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	30	20:30	3:35	3:10	13:45	0	2	0.0
0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	23	15:40	1:35	1:45	12:20	13	7	65.0
0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	1	11	6:34	0:00	0:00	6:34	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	3	3	1	0	0	3	0	1	29	18:28	1:35	2:25	14:28	0	0	0.0
1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	26	20:07	4:31	1:07	14:29	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	17	11:19	0:13	0:00	11:06	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	0	8	0	0	27	20:39	0:01	1:16	19:22	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	22	15:57	0:00	3:26	12:31	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	1	2	3	0	0	1	0	1	25	19:30	3:12	0:24	15:54	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	3	2	0	0	1	1	1	29	25:21	1:31	2:21	21:29	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	22	13:58	0:08	0:31	13:19	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	0	3	0	1	23	17:02	0:00	3:45	13:17	0	0	0.0

goalies
Anton ForsbergA. Forsberg#31

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
30	2	28	.933	23	5	0	0	0	58:42	0

Colorado Avalanche


forwards
Jack DruryJ. Drury#18
Nazem KadriN. Kadri#91
Parker KellyP. Kelly#17
Joel KivirantaJ. Kiviranta#94
Gabriel LandeskogG. Landeskog#92
Artturi LehkonenA. Lehkonen#62
Nathan MacKinnonN. MacKinnon#29
Martin NecasM. Necas#88
Brock NelsonB. Nelson#11
Valeri NichushkinV. Nichushkin#13
Logan O'ConnorL. O'Connor#25
Nicolas RoyN. Roy#10
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	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	15	10:10	0:00	2:15	7:55	5	3	62.5
0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	19	15:39	4:51	0:00	10:48	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	21	13:40	0:00	2:13	11:27	0	1	0.0
0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	13	8:26	0:00	0:49	7:37	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	8	0	0	21	16:23	5:17	0:00	11:06	5	7	41.7
1	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	26	15:42	0:50	0:17	14:35	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	25	22:08	5:40	0:14	16:14	11	5	68.8
0	0	1	2	1	1	1	2	2	0	1	24	19:33	5:37	0:00	13:56	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	2	1	1	2	4	0	0	30	17:59	1:07	1:57	14:55	7	15	31.8
0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	27	16:24	0:52	1:57	13:35	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	13	9:55	0:00	0:49	9:06	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	18	10:09	0:00	0:00	10:09	0	4	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	22	14:52	0:00	1:39	13:13	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	1	5	0	0	0	0	3	23	18:08	0:00	0:49	17:19	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	4	2	3	0	0	0	0	3	26	24:25	5:57	2:50	15:38	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	4	3	4	0	0	1	1	2	25	19:47	0:49	0:15	18:43	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	6	0	2	24	15:56	0:00	1:39	14:17	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	28	22:09	1:25	3:21	17:23	0	0	0.0

goalies
Scott WedgewoodS. Wedgewood#41

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
25	1	24	.960	19	5	0	0	0	60:00	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
	Kings	0	0	1	1
	Avalanche	0	1	1	2

1st Period
No Goals Scored

2nd Period			LA	COL
15:29		Artturi Lehkonen (1) Assists: Nathan MacKinnon (1)	0	1

3rd Period			LA	COL
5:50		Logan O'Connor (1) Assists: Jack Drury (1)	0	2
17:38		Artemi Panarin (1) (Power Play) Assists: Alex Laferriere (1), Brandt Clarke (1)	1	2

Artemi Panarin nets power-play goal

0:48

Logan O'Connor tallies goal vs. Kings

0:48

Artturi Lehkonen scores goal vs. Kings

0:30

Kings
1
Avalanche
2

Game 1

20/4

Kings
Avalanche

Game 2

22/4

Avalanche
Kings

Game 3

24/4

Avalanche
Kings

Game 4

27/4

Kings
Avalanche

Game 5

29/4

Avalanche
Kings

Game 6

1/5

Kings
Avalanche

Game 7

3/5

Ball Arena

3:00 AM, 20 April 2026

Denver, CO

Attendance: 18,101

Referees:
Eric Furlatt
Tom Chmielewski
Kendrick Nicholson

Linesmen:
Scott Cherrey
Brandon Gawryletz
Kilian McNamara

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Vegas	39	26	17	95
Edmonton	41	30	11	93
Anaheim	43	33	6	92
Los Angeles	35	27	20	90
San Jose	39	35	8	86
Seattle	34	37	11	79
Calgary	34	39	9	77
Vancouver	25	49	8	58

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Colorado	55	16	11	121
Dallas	50	20	12	112
Minnesota	46	24	12	104
Utah	43	33	6	92
St. Louis	37	33	12	86
Nashville	38	34	10	86
Winnipeg	35	35	12	82
Chicago	29	39	14	72

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