Game

Kings at Avalanche

Avalanche 8, Kings 4 · first star Nathan MacKinnon (2 G, 0 A).

2026-27 regular season · 2026-27 regular season, updated nightly. Data as of October 24, 2026, source NHL.

Los Angeles Kings 4 at Colorado Avalanche 8

Kings LAK

4 FINAL 8

Avalanche COL

Wednesday, September 30, 2026 · 10:00 PM ET · Ball Arena, Denver · TV TNT · truTV · HBO MAX

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Kings	1	2	1	4	31
Avalanche	2	4	2	8	29

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Kings attack left, Avalanche 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. Boxscore shots on goal: LAK 31, COL 29.

LAK in red COL in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Kings 31 shots on goal (4 goals, 14 missed, 17 blocked) attacking left; Avalanche 29 shots on goal (8 goals, 6 missed, 15 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	LAK SOG	LAK G	LAK ATT	COL SOG	COL G	COL ATT
1st	13	1	22	10	2	17
2nd	12	2	27	10	4	18
3rd	6	1	13	9	2	15
Total	31	4	62	29	8	50

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	LAK SOG	LAK G	COL SOG	COL G
Even strength	25	2	22	4
Power play	4	0	7	4
Short-handed	2	2	0	0

Attempt share by period

Kings took 55.4% of the shot attempts, and 52.9% of the 85 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 Avalanche and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Kings hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Kings at Avalanche
Period	COL CF%	COL FF%
1st	43.6	37.9
2nd	40.0	38.7
3rd	53.6	60.0
Game	44.6	43.8

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

Scoring summary

1st period

06:33 Brock Nelson (1) PP Jaden Schwartz (1), Nazem Kadri (1) · snap 0–1
15:14 Brian Dumoulin (1) Alex Laferriere (1), Alex Turcotte (1) · wrist 1–1
17:58 Parker Kelly (1) Josh Manson (1) · snap 1–2

2nd period

00:23 Nathan MacKinnon (1) PP Nazem Kadri (2), Cale Makar (1) · snap 1–3
01:28 Joel Armia (1) SH Erik Haula (1), Cody Ceci (1) · wrist 2–3
08:33 Nathan MacKinnon (2) Martin Necas (1), Brent Burns (1) · wrist 2–4
16:01 Nicolas Roy (1) Jaden Schwartz (2), Parker Kelly (1) · poke 2–5
17:50 Trevor Moore (1) SH Mikey Anderson (1) · wrist 3–5
18:34 Artturi Lehkonen (1) PP Brock Nelson (1), Devon Toews (1) · snap 3–6

3rd period

11:51 Artemi Panarin (1) Drew Doughty (1), Alex Laferriere (2) · wrist 4–6
14:03 Gabriel Landeskog (1) Cale Makar (2) · wrist 4–7
15:06 Artturi Lehkonen (2) PP Brock Nelson (2), Devon Toews (2) · snap 4–8

Three stars

Nathan MacKinnon COL · C #29 · 2 G, 0 A
Brock Nelson COL · C #11 · 1 G, 2 A
Artturi Lehkonen COL · L #62 · 2 G, 0 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	04:48	LAK	Andre Lee	delaying game puck over glass	2	—
1st	10:21	COL	Jaden Schwartz	hooking	2	Brandt Clarke
1st	15:55	COL	Devon Toews	holding	2	Joel Armia
1st	19:12	LAK	Adrian Kempe	tripping	2	Jaden Schwartz
1st	19:52	LAK	Drew Doughty	cross checking	2	T.J. Hughes
2nd	12:19	COL	T.J. Hughes	roughing	2	Brandt Clarke
2nd	17:15	LAK	Joel Edmundson	slashing	2	Nathan MacKinnon
3rd	04:30	COL	Noah Juulsen	interference	2	Mats Zuccarello
3rd	13:20	LAK	Brandt Clarke	fighting (major)	5	Nathan MacKinnon
3rd	13:20	COL	Nathan MacKinnon	fighting (major)	5	Brandt Clarke
3rd	14:15	LAK	Alex Turcotte	tripping	2	Nicolas Roy

Boxscore

Los Angeles Kings

Kings skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Alex Laferriere #14	R	0	2	2	+1	2	5	1	0	0.0	15:31
Artemi Panarin #10	L	1	0	1	-2	2	0	0	0	0.0	20:16
Trevor Moore #12	L	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0.0	14:56
Joel Armia #40	R	1	0	1	+1	2	0	1	0	0.0	12:55
Brian Dumoulin #2	D	1	0	1	-1	2	0	2	0	0.0	16:30
Alex Turcotte #15	C	0	1	1	+1	1	2	0	2	83.3	15:35
Erik Haula #56	L	0	1	1	-1	3	0	0	0	36.4	15:26
Cody Ceci #5	D	0	1	1	+3	1	0	1	0	0.0	19:24
Drew Doughty #8	D	0	1	1	-2	1	0	2	2	0.0	22:41
Mikey Anderson #44	D	0	1	1	+1	2	1	2	0	0.0	19:21
Samuel Helenius #79	C	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	20.0	06:59
Scott Laughton #21	C	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	57.1	15:07
Andre Lee #47	L	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0.0	07:56
Adrian Kempe #9	R	0	0	0	-2	3	2	0	2	0.0	19:23
Mats Zuccarello #36	R	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	0.0	17:59
Quinton Byfield #55	R	0	0	0	-2	3	0	2	0	87.5	18:59
Brandt Clarke #92	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	5	0.0	18:57
Joel Edmundson #6	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0.0	15:34

Kings goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Darcy Kuemper #35	L	29	21	8	.724	18/22	3/7	59:25

Colorado Avalanche

Avalanche skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Brock Nelson #11	C	1	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	21.4	19:14
Nathan MacKinnon #29	C	2	0	2	-2	8	2	0	5	40.0	17:44
Artturi Lehkonen #62	L	2	0	2	+1	3	2	2	0	0.0	19:27
Parker Kelly #17	C	1	1	2	+2	1	3	0	0	0.0	12:53
Nazem Kadri #91	C	0	2	2	+1	2	1	0	0	66.7	17:57
Jaden Schwartz #71	L	0	2	2	-1	1	2	0	2	0.0	12:49
Cale Makar #8	D	0	2	2	-1	1	0	3	0	0.0	18:14
Devon Toews #7	D	0	2	2	+1	0	1	0	2	0.0	20:04
Nicolas Roy #10	C	1	0	1	+1	2	2	1	0	33.3	12:12
Gabriel Landeskog #92	L	1	0	1	-1	1	0	1	0	66.7	17:52
Martin Necas #88	C	0	1	1	-1	4	1	0	0	0.0	19:11
Brent Burns #84	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0.0	15:23
Josh Manson #42	D	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0.0	14:31
Fedor Svechkov #9	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	14.3	15:28
T.J. Hughes #13	R	0	0	0	-3	2	2	0	2	60.0	13:35
Brett Kulak #27	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	0.0	19:44
Noah Juulsen #47	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	2	0.0	11:15
Sam Malinski #70	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	3	0	0.0	14:27

Avalanche goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood #39	W	31	27	4	.871	23/25	4/4	60:00

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 2026-10-24.