Los Angeles Kings vs Colorado Avalanche
Regular season · Thursday, December 21, 2000 · Pepsi Center
Game summary
The Colorado Avalanche beat the Los Angeles Kings 5–2 on Thursday, December 21, 2000 at Pepsi Center. The Avalanche outshot the Kings 26–16.
Joe Sakic scored a hat trick. Bryan Smolinski, Alex Tanguay, Dan Hinote and Mathieu Schneider also scored.
Patrick Roy made 14 saves on 16 shots for the win; Jamie Storr stopped 21 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Bryan Smolinski (10)Luc Robitaille (26), Jozef Stumpel (14)1–000:56 LAK
Joe Sakic (17)Peter Forsberg (15), Ray Bourque (19)1–110:27 COL · 
Alex Tanguay (12)Milan Hejduk (17), Chris Drury (14)1–210:59 COL
3rd period
Dan Hinote (3)Eric Messier (4), Shjon Podein (5)1–307:04 COL
Mathieu Schneider (8)Lubomir Visnovsky (16)2–310:42 LAK- Joe Sakic (18)Peter Forsberg (16)2–415:24 COL
- Joe Sakic (19)Peter Forsberg (17), Ray Bourque (20)2–518:05 COL ·
Team stats
LAKCOL
1626
51%49%
0/42/4
1010
2536
1312
1013
621
Penalties
- 5:04 into the first period
Eric Messier · tripping2 min - 9:14 into the first period
Jere Karalahti · interference2 min - 17:16 into the first periodMartin Skoula · tripping2 min
- 0:33 into the second periodDan Hinote · holding2 min
- 11:34 into the second periodRay Bourque · interference2 min
- 15:34 into the second periodJason Blake · hooking obstruction2 min
- 19:38 into the second periodAdam Deadmarsh · slashing2 min
- 19:38 into the second periodMattias Norstrom · slashing2 min
- 4:30 into the third periodJason Blake · tripping2 min
- 16:06 into the third periodIan Laperriere · tripping2 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 15Jozef StumpelL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 19:13 |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 17:54 |
| 21Bryan SmolinskiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:36 |
| 10Mathieu SchneiderD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | 19:40 |
| 24Lubomir VisnovskyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | 15:18 |
| 7Nelson EmersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:03 |
| 9Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:28 |
| 11Jason BlakeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:23 |
| 19Bob CorkumC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 15:42 |
| 22Ian LaperriereR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:08 |
| 25Eric BelangerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 07:57 |
| 28Steve ReinprechtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:14 |
| 32Stu GrimsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:43 |
| 51John ThomasR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:06 |
| 4Rob BlakeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 31:19 |
| 5Aki BergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:12 |
| 8Jere KaralahtiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:28 |
| 14Mattias NorstromD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:48 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jamie StorrG | L | 26 | 5 | .808 |
| 35Stephane FisetG | 0 | 0 | – |
Colorado Avalanche
| 19Joe SakicC | 3 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 5 | 23:24 |
| 21Peter ForsbergC | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 20:02 |
| 77Ray BourqueD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 23:06 |
| 13Dan HinoteR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:38 |
| 23Milan HejdukR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:59 |
| 25Shjon PodeinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 14:39 |
| 29Eric MessierL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:56 |
| 37Chris DruryC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 16:16 |
| 40Alex TanguayL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:42 |
| 11Chris DingmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 06:05 |
| 14Dave ReidL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 08:57 |
| 18Adam DeadmarshR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:49 |
| 39Ville NieminenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 06:14 |
| 3Aaron MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:26 |
| 7Greg De VriesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:09 |
| 24Jon KlemmD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:34 |
| 41Martin SkoulaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:18 |
| 52Adam FooteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 24:00 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1David AebischerG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Patrick RoyG | W | 16 | 2 | .875 |