Game

Avalanche at Kings

Avalanche 5, Kings 1 · first star Nathan MacKinnon (2 G, 1 A).

2025-26 Stanley Cup Playoffs · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.

Colorado Avalanche 5 at Los Angeles Kings 1

Avalanche COL

5 FINAL 1

Kings LAK

Playoffs Sunday, April 26, 2026 · 4:30 PM ET · Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles · TV TNT · truTV · HBO MAX

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Avalanche	1	1	3	5	32
Kings	0	1	0	1	25

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Avalanche attack left, Kings attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 2 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net; 1 empty-net goal is drawn as a diamond. Boxscore shots on goal: COL 32, LAK 25.

COL in red LAK in blue goal empty-net goal shot on goal missed blocked Avalanche 32 shots on goal (5 goals, 15 missed, 18 blocked) attacking left; Kings 25 shots on goal (1 goal, 12 missed, 19 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	COL SOG	COL G	COL ATT	LAK SOG	LAK G	LAK ATT
1st	11	1	21	7	0	14
2nd	8	1	22	7	1	19
3rd	13	3	22	11	0	23
Total	32	5	65	25	1	56

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	COL SOG	COL G	LAK SOG	LAK G
Even strength	27	4	18	1
Power play	2	1	6	0
Short-handed	3	0	1	0
Into an empty net	1	1	0	0

Attempt share by period

Avalanche took 53.7% of the shot attempts, and 55.8% of the 104 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Kings and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Avalanche hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Avalanche at Kings
Period	LAK CF%	LAK FF%
1st	40.0	42.3
2nd	46.3	44.0
3rd	51.1	45.5
Game	46.3	44.0

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

1st period

13:13 Nathan MacKinnon (1) PP Nazem Kadri (2), Gabriel Landeskog (1) · slap 1–0

2nd period

05:48 Cale Makar (2) Unassisted · wrist 2–0
13:43 Joel Edmundson (1) Adrian Kempe (1), Alex Laferriere (4) · wrist 2–1

3rd period

03:13 Nicolas Roy (2) Artturi Lehkonen (2), Sam Malinski (1) · wrist 3–1
06:01 Devon Toews (1) Nathan MacKinnon (2), Gabriel Landeskog (2) · wrist 4–1
14:22 Nathan MacKinnon (2) EN Martin Necas (2), Brett Kulak (1) · wrist 5–1

Three stars

Nathan MacKinnon COL · C #29 · 2 G, 1 A
Gabriel Landeskog COL · L #92 · 0 G, 2 A
Anze Kopitar LAK · C #11 · 0 G, 0 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	05:27	COL	Nicolas Roy	tripping	2	Samuel Helenius
1st	09:34	COL	Nick Blankenburg	interference	2	Jared Wright
1st	12:57	LAK	Brian Dumoulin	interference	2	Artturi Lehkonen
1st	17:58	LAK	Samuel Helenius	roughing	2	Logan O'Connor
1st	17:58	LAK	Jeff Malott	roughing	2	Jack Drury
1st	17:58	COL	Jack Drury	roughing	2	Jeff Malott
1st	17:58	LAK	Samuel Helenius	misconduct (misconduct)	10	—
3rd	03:23	COL	Brock Nelson	hooking	2	Anze Kopitar
3rd	15:36	LAK	Jeff Malott	misconduct (misconduct)	10	—

Boxscore

Colorado Avalanche

Avalanche skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Nathan MacKinnon #29	C	2	1	3	+2	5	2	2	0	85.7	17:47
Gabriel Landeskog #92	L	0	2	2	+2	1	1	2	0	57.1	14:58
Nicolas Roy #10	C	1	0	1	+2	1	1	0	2	30.8	13:29
Cale Makar #8	D	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	23:17
Devon Toews #7	D	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0.0	20:50
Martin Necas #88	C	0	1	1	+2	4	0	0	0	0.0	16:48
Nazem Kadri #91	C	0	1	1	+2	2	0	0	0	0.0	13:47
Artturi Lehkonen #62	L	0	1	1	+2	3	3	0	0	0.0	17:06
Brett Kulak #27	D	0	1	1	+2	0	1	5	0	0.0	20:28
Sam Malinski #70	D	0	1	1	+2	1	1	1	0	0.0	20:27
Brock Nelson #11	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	43.8	14:52
Jack Drury #18	C	0	0	0	-1	3	0	1	2	46.2	13:28
Parker Kelly #17	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	0.0	12:41
Ross Colton #20	C	0	0	0	0	2	6	1	0	100.0	12:45
Logan O'Connor #25	R	0	0	0	-1	1	3	0	0	0.0	13:10
Valeri Nichushkin #13	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	14:38
Brent Burns #84	D	0	0	0	+2	4	0	0	0	0.0	20:54
Nick Blankenburg #37	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0.0	12:35

Avalanche goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Scott Wedgewood #41	W	25	24	1	.960	17/18	6/6	60:00

Los Angeles Kings

Kings skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Joel Edmundson #6	D	1	0	1	+1	3	5	0	0	0.0	17:08
Adrian Kempe #9	R	0	1	1	-2	0	3	0	0	50.0	19:24
Alex Laferriere #14	R	0	1	1	-2	1	6	1	0	0.0	21:20
Alex Turcotte #15	C	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	0	0.0	12:24
Anze Kopitar #11	C	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	66.7	18:30
Samuel Helenius #79	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	12	66.7	07:26
Scott Laughton #21	C	0	0	0	-1	4	4	0	0	30.8	17:10
Artemi Panarin #10	L	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	0.0	21:45
Jeff Malott #39	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	12	0.0	05:24
Trevor Moore #12	L	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0.0	20:36
Jared Wright #53	R	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	13:43
Quinton Byfield #55	R	0	0	0	-1	4	3	1	0	27.8	20:46
Taylor Ward #52	R	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0.0	05:20
Brandt Clarke #92	D	0	0	0	-2	1	1	1	0	0.0	18:22
Brian Dumoulin #2	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	2	0.0	16:25
Cody Ceci #5	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	0.0	16:41
Drew Doughty #8	D	0	0	0	-1	1	4	1	0	0.0	23:52
Mikey Anderson #44	D	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	0.0	21:38

Kings goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Anton Forsberg #31	L	31	27	4	.871	23/26	1/2	59:50

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.