Los Angeles Kings vs Colorado Avalanche

Regular season · Monday, December 29, 2025 · Ball Arena

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2–5

Final

SOG 25–26

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Game summary

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Los Angeles Kings 5-2 on Monday, December 29, 2025 at Ball Arena. The Avalanche outshot the Kings 26-25.

Goals came from Jack Drury, Corey Perry, Martin Necas, Brock Nelson, Joel Armia, Nathan MacKinnon and Cale Makar.

Mackenzie Blackwood made 23 saves on 25 shots for the win; Anton Forsberg stopped 21 of 25.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
LAK	0	1	1	2	25
COL	1	2	2	5	26

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Jack Drury (6)Ross Colton (10)0–109:24 COL

2nd period

Corey Perry (8)Kevin Fiala (12), Joel Edmundson (12)Manson 1:09 into shift1–105:15 LAK · PPG
Martin Necas (19)Gabriel Landeskog (14), Nathan MacKinnon (34)Foegele 1:20 into shift1–213:21 COL
Brock Nelson (15)Joel Kiviranta (3), Samuel Girard (8)1–317:30 COL

3rd period

Joel Armia (9)Adrian Kempe (19)Nelson 1:14 into shift2–304:58 LAK · SHG
Nathan MacKinnon (32)Artturi Lehkonen (17)2–418:23 COL · EN
Cale Makar (12)Valeri Nichushkin (15), Brock Nelson (13)2–519:15 COL

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:20

1–2 · 2nd 13:21 · Necas. Foegele was 1:20 into his shift when it went in.

GoalLAK on iceCOL on iceDefenders’ longest

0–1 COL

1st 9:24 · Drury

Doughty 0:44

NormalDoughty 0:44

1–1 LAK

2nd 5:15 · PP · Perry

Long shift: Manson 1:09

Long shiftManson 1:09

1–2 COL

2nd 13:21 · Necas

Long shift: Foegele 1:20

Long shiftFoegele 1:20

1–3 COL

2nd 17:30 · Nelson

Perry 0:34

Fresh legsPerry 0:34

2–3 LAK

3rd 4:58 · SH · Armia

Long shift: Nelson 1:14

Long shiftNelson 1:14

2–4 COL

3rd 18:23 · EN · MacKinnon

Kempe 2:02

Empty netKempe 2:02

2–5 COL

3rd 19:15 · Makar

Edmundson 0:52

NormalEdmundson 0:52

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).

3.9%

5.8%

6.5%

7.1%

7.3%

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

LAKCOL

25Shots on goal26

50%Faceoff %50%

1/3Power play0/4

8Penalty minutes6

29Hits18

11Blocked shots9

18Giveaways17

4Takeaways3

Penalties

1st 15:43Andrei Kuzmenko · interference2 min
2nd 03:18Parker Kelly · holding2 min
2nd 07:54Brian Dumoulin · interference2 min
2nd 09:58Ross Colton · interference2 min
2nd 14:10Brandt Clarke · cross checking2 min
3rd 03:44Brandt Clarke · tripping2 min
3rd 09:00Jack Drury · hooking2 min

Season series

Los Angeles Kings

Los Angeles Kings skaters

9Adrian KempeR	0	1	1	0	5	4	2	0	50	18:36
10Corey PerryR	1	0	1	-2	1	0	0	0	–	13:49
22Kevin FialaL	0	1	1	-2	3	0	0	0	–	17:54
40Joel ArmiaR	1	0	1	-1	1	2	1	0	–	13:59
6Joel EdmundsonD	0	1	1	-2	0	1	0	0	–	18:01
11Anze KopitarC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	69	16:33
12Trevor MooreL	0	0	0	-1	1	2	2	0	50	14:20
14Alex LaferriereR	0	0	0	-1	3	6	2	0	50	17:36
15Alex TurcotteC	0	0	0	-2	1	1	1	0	33	11:51
37Warren FoegeleL	0	0	0	-1	3	4	0	0	–	15:50
55Quinton ByfieldR	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0	0	42	19:14
79Samuel HeleniusC	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	67	05:36
96Andrei KuzmenkoL	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	2	–	15:46
2Brian DumoulinD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	–	18:28
5Cody CeciD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	17:01
8Drew DoughtyD	0	0	0	-2	1	1	0	0	–	23:17
44Mikey AndersonD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	–	15:30
92Brandt ClarkeD	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	4	–	19:28

Los Angeles Kings goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29Pheonix CopleyG		0	0	0	–	00:00
31Anton ForsbergG	L	25	21	4	.840	59:11

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters

11Brock NelsonC	1	1	2	+1	1	0	1	0	42	20:21
29Nathan MacKinnonC	1	1	2	+1	2	0	1	0	69	21:08
13Valeri NichushkinR	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	0	–	19:43
18Jack DruryC	1	0	1	+1	2	0	1	2	44	13:10
20Ross ColtonC	0	1	1	+1	2	2	0	2	100	12:02
62Artturi LehkonenL	0	1	1	+1	3	0	1	0	–	19:42
88Martin NecasC	1	0	1	+1	4	2	0	0	–	18:09
92Gabriel LandeskogL	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	40	17:49
94Joel KivirantaL	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	–	08:41
8Cale MakarD	1	0	1	+1	4	1	1	0	–	21:38
49Samuel GirardD	0	1	1	+2	0	1	0	0	–	15:20
17Parker KellyC	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	50	08:45
54Gavin BrindleyC	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	–	10:50
95Victor OlofssonL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	12:02
7Devon ToewsD	0	0	0	+2	0	2	1	0	–	21:01
42Josh MansonD	0	0	0	+1	1	3	2	0	–	20:18
70Sam MalinskiD	0	0	0	+2	0	1	0	0	–	15:17
84Brent BurnsD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	1	0	–	18:22

Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
39Mackenzie BlackwoodG	W	25	23	2	.920	59:45
41Scott WedgewoodG		0	0	0	–	00:00