Los Angeles Kings vs Colorado Avalanche
Regular season · Sunday, December 29, 2002 · Pepsi Center
Game summary
The Colorado Avalanche beat the Los Angeles Kings 6–1 on Sunday, December 29, 2002 at Pepsi Center.
Peter Forsberg scored a hat trick. Ziggy Palffy, Radim Vrbata, Dean McAmmond and Alex Tanguay also scored.
Patrick Roy made 28 saves on 29 shots for the win; Felix Potvin stopped 23 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Ziggy Palffy (12)Mathieu Schneider (19), Michael Cammalleri (3)1–004:17 LAK · 
Peter Forsberg (10)Milan Hejduk (17), Alex Tanguay (11)1–119:35 COL ·
2nd period
Radim Vrbata (9)Steve Reinprecht (12), Dean McAmmond (4)1–203:47 COL · 
Dean McAmmond (7)Steve Reinprecht (13), Milan Hejduk (18)1–314:26 COL
3rd period
- Peter Forsberg (11)Milan Hejduk (19), Rob Blake (14)1–402:42 COL ·
- Peter Forsberg (12)Derek Morris (19), Greg De Vries (8)1–506:26 COL
Alex Tanguay (6)Martin Skoula (11), Dean McAmmond (5)1–615:14 COL
Team stats
LAKCOL
2929
53%47%
1/33/5
106
411
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:21 into the first period
Eric Messier · hooking2 min - 19:07 into the first period
Bench · delaying game bench2 min - 19:07 into the first periodMikko Eloranta · hooking2 min
- 2:35 into the second periodMichael Cammalleri · holding2 min
- 5:03 into the second periodDerek Morris · cross checking2 min
- 16:43 into the second periodMartin Skoula · hooking2 min
- 2:12 into the third periodMichael Cammalleri · high sticking2 min
- 12:01 into the third periodMichael Cammalleri · holding2 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 13Michael CammalleriL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 17:55 |
| 33Ziggy PalffyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 18:38 |
| 10Mathieu SchneiderD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 23:23 |
| 11Steve KellyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 13:47 |
| 22Ian LaperriereR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:37 |
| 23Craig JohnsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:26 |
| 29Brad ChartrandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:08 |
| 31Jared AulinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 12:29 |
| 32Derek ArmstrongC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:41 |
| 37Kip BrennanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:12 |
| 42Mikko ElorantaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 13:21 |
| 52Jerred SmithsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:34 |
| 14Mattias NorstromD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:36 |
| 26Joe CorvoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:45 |
| 36Dmitry YushkevichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 22:13 |
| 38Chris McalpineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 13:01 |
| 44Jaroslav ModryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 21:18 |
| 63Brad NortonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:50 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jamie StorrG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Felix PotvinG | L | 29 | 6 | .793 |
Colorado Avalanche
| 21Peter ForsbergC | 3 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 6 | 17:27 |
| 23Milan HejdukR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 3 | 19:05 |
| 37Dean McAmmondC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 2 | 15:35 |
| 28Steve ReinprechtC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 19:12 |
| 40Alex TanguayL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 18:14 |
| 17Radim VrbataR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12:35 |
| 4Rob BlakeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:51 |
| 7Greg De VriesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 23:04 |
| 41Martin SkoulaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 20:51 |
| 53Derek MorrisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:10 |
| 12Mike KeaneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:45 |
| 13Dan HinoteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:57 |
| 22Vaclav NedorostC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:00 |
| 29Eric MessierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:53 |
| 32Riku HahlC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:03 |
| 38Charlie StephensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:49 |
| 2Bryan MuirD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 11:40 |
| 52Adam FooteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 20:24 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1David AebischerG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Patrick RoyG | W | 29 | 1 | .966 |