Los Angeles Kings at Colorado Avalanche
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MacKinnon scores 399th career goal as surging Avalanche beat Kings 5-2
MacKinnon added an assist to go with his NHL-leading 32nd goal this season. Jack Drury, Cale Makar and Martin Necas also scored for the Avalanche, who have won 14 in a row at home.
Colorado has points in 28 of their last 29 games and are 10-0-1 in their last 11 to continue their historic start to the season. Colorado reached 65 points in 38 games, second all-time to the 1929-30 Boston Bruins.
Corey Perry scored and Joel Armia added a short-handed goal for Los Angeles, which has lost seven of nine.
Drury opened the scoring midway through the first period and Perry tied it with a power-play goal 5:15 into the second period.
Necas put Colorado back in front later in the second when he tapped in a puck that was sitting on the goal line. Nelson’s snap shot beat Anton Forsberg over his left shoulder with 2:30 left in the second.
Forsberg finished with 21 saves for the Kings.
Avalanche goaltender Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 23 shots, including a save on Adrian Kempe’s short-handed breakaway late in the second period.
He couldn’t stop Armia, who skated the length of the ice and scored through the pads during a Colorado power play.
It was the NHL-leading seventh short-handed goal of the season for Los Angeles.
Forsberg came off for an extra skater with 2:26 remaining and MacKinnon scored an empty-netter with 1:37 remaining. Makar added another goal with 45 seconds to go to seal it.
Avalanche: Host St. Louis on Wednesday night.
Regular Season SeriesCOL leads series 2-0
Scoring Summary
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Goal | 1st Period 9:24 | Jack Drury Goal (6) Wrist Shot, assists: Ross Colton (10) |
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Goal | 2nd Period 5:15 | Corey Perry Goal (8) Tip-In, assists: Kevin Fiala (12), Joel Edmundson (12) |
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Goal | 2nd Period 13:21 | Martin Necas Goal (19) Backhand, assists: Gabriel Landeskog (14), Nathan MacKinnon (34) |
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Goal | 2nd Period 17:30 | Brock Nelson Goal (15) Wrist Shot, assists: Joel Kiviranta (3), Samuel Girard (8) |
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Goal | 3rd Period 4:58 | Joel Armia Goal (9) Wrist Shot, assists: Adrian Kempe (19) |
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Goal | 3rd Period 18:23 | Nathan MacKinnon Goal (32) Wrist Shot, assists: Artturi Lehkonen (17) |
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Goal | 3rd Period 19:15 | Cale Makar Goal (12) Snap Shot, assists: Valeri Nichushkin (15), Brock Nelson (13) |
Statistics
 LA |
 COL |
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|---|---|---|
| 11 | Blocked Shots | 9 |
| 29 | Hits | 18 |
| 4 | Takeaways | 3 |
| 25 | Shots | 26 |
| 1 | Power Play Goals | 0 |
| 3 | Power Play Opportunities | 4 |
| 33.3 | Power Play Percentage | 0.0 |
| 1 | Short Handed Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Shootout Goals | 0 |
| 27 | Faceoffs Won | 27 |
| 50.0 | Faceoff Win Percent | 50.0 |
| 18 | Giveaways | 17 |
| 4 | Total Penalties | 3 |
| 8 | Penalty Minutes | 6 |
Colorado Avalanche Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Devon Toews, D | Out | Jan 21 |
| Joel Kiviranta, LW | Injured Reserve | Jan 21 |
| Gabriel Landeskog, LW | Out | Jan 18 |
Los Angeles Kings Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Anze Kopitar, C | Injured Reserve | Jan 22 |
| Trevor Moore, LW | Injured Reserve | Jan 22 |
| Drew Doughty, D | Day-To-Day | Jan 21 |
