Colorado Avalanche vs Los Angeles Kings

Regular season · Monday, December 17, 2007 · STAPLES Center

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4–2

40–21

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Game summary

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Los Angeles Kings 4–2 on Monday, December 17, 2007 at STAPLES Center. The Avalanche outshot the Kings 40–21.

Goals came from Ryan Smyth, Jaroslav Hlinka, Paul Stastny, Dustin Brown, Michal Handzus and Ben Guite.

Peter Budaj made 19 saves on 21 shots for the win; Jason LaBarbera stopped 36 of 39.

Goals
COL	3	0	1	4	40
LAK	0	0	2	2	21

Scoring

1st period

Ryan Smyth (11)Brett Clark (7), John-Michael Liles (11)1–002:37 COL ·
Jaroslav Hlinka (5)Brett Clark (8)2–003:39 COL
Paul Stastny (15)Milan Hejduk (15), John-Michael Liles (12)3–014:12 COL

3rd period

Dustin Brown (15)Rob Blake (11), Anze Kopitar (18)3–100:36 LAK ·
Michal Handzus (5)Patrick O'Sullivan (9)3–204:46 LAK ·
Ben Guite (3)Unassisted4–218:53 COL ·

Team stats

COLLAK

4021

51%49%

1/61/4

812

1721

118

1324

21

Penalties

2:12 into the first periodDustin Brown · holding2 min
6:27 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
9:34 into the first periodJaroslav Modry · tripping2 min
15:53 into the first periodJaroslav Modry · hooking2 min
2:38 into the second periodIan Laperriere · cross checking2 min
10:07 into the second periodJack Johnson · elbowing2 min
12:16 into the second periodJeff Finger · holding2 min
18:57 into the second periodScott Hannan · hooking2 min
3:06 into the third periodMichael Cammalleri · tripping2 min
6:51 into the third periodJack Johnson · elbowing2 min

Season series

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters

4John-Michael LilesD	0	2	2	+1	4	0	2	0	–	18:21
5Brett ClarkD	0	2	2	+2	4	1	2	0	–	28:24
17Jaroslav HlinkaC	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	67	15:11
23Milan HejdukR	0	1	1	+1	5	0	0	0	100	19:24
26Paul StastnyC	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	47	19:40
28Ben GuiteR	1	0	1	+1	5	1	0	0	42	18:53
94Ryan SmythL	1	0	1	+1	5	0	0	0	50	22:35
8Wojtek WolskiL	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	–	14:03
11Cody McCormickC	0	0	0	+1	1	3	3	0	–	11:36
14Ian LaperriereR	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	100	17:20
15Andrew BrunetteL	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	–	13:38
37T.J. HensickC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	43	08:45
40Marek SvatosR	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	10:49
3Karlis SkrastinsD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	–	20:27
6Jeff FingerD	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	2	–	11:19
22Scott HannanD	0	0	0	+2	0	0	1	2	–	23:50
44Jordan LeopoldD	0	0	0	−1	0	2	1	0	–	08:37
48Kyle CumiskeyD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	–	09:33

Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie
31Peter BudajG	W	21	19	2	.905	59:56
60Jose TheodoreG		0	0	0	–	–

Los Angeles Kings

Los Angeles Kings skaters

11Anze KopitarC	0	1	1	−2	2	0	0	0	40	21:33
12Patrick O'SullivanC	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	100	20:52
23Dustin BrownR	1	0	1	−1	2	8	0	2	–	24:17
26Michal HandzusC	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	75	14:36
4Rob BlakeD	0	1	1	−1	3	2	0	0	–	25:08
7Derek ArmstrongC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	43	09:07
13Michael CammalleriL	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	2	40	22:01
19Kyle CalderL	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	–	10:20
24Alex FrolovL	0	0	0	−2	0	0	0	0	–	18:28
27Scott ThorntonL	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	07:40
29Jeff GiulianoL	0	0	0	−1	0	1	1	0	–	10:05
41Raitis IvanansL	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	–	04:34
73John ZeilerR	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	04:48
3Jack JohnsonD	0	0	0	−2	0	0	1	4	–	17:26
6Brad StuartD	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	21:33
17Lubomir VisnovskyD	0	0	0	−1	1	2	1	0	–	26:46
42Tom PreissingD	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	16:02
44Jaroslav ModryD	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	–	15:13

Los Angeles Kings goalies
Goalie
35Jason LaBarberaG	L	39	36	3	.923	59:06
37Jean-Sebastien AubinG		0	0	0	–	–