Colorado Avalanche vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Monday, March 2, 2026 · Crypto.com Arena
FDSNW · ALT2 · KTVD
Game summary
The Colorado Avalanche beat the Los Angeles Kings 4-2 on Monday, March 2, 2026 at Crypto.com Arena. The Avalanche outshot the Kings 39-21.
Goals came from Nathan MacKinnon, Gabriel Landeskog, Brandt Clarke, Angus Booth, Devon Toews and Martin Necas.
Mackenzie Blackwood made 19 saves on 21 shots for the win; Anton Forsberg stopped 35 of 38.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Nathan MacKinnon (41)Martin Necas (44), Gabriel Landeskog (18)1–004:27 COL
Gabriel Landeskog (8)Brent Burns (19), Martin Necas (45)2–010:13 COL
Brandt Clarke (8)Anze Kopitar (18)2–117:20 LAK · PPG
2nd period
Angus Booth (1)Brian Dumoulin (12), Adrian Kempe (28)Kelly 1:31 into shift2–208:32 LAK
3rd period
Devon Toews (2)Nathan MacKinnon (58), Cale Makar (44)3–215:05 COL
Martin Necas (26)Gabriel Landeskog (19)4–219:58 COL · PPG · EN
Tired legs
Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.
2–2 · 2nd 8:32 · Booth. COL stayed on through an icing. Kelly was 1:31 into his shift when it went in.
1–0 COL
1st 4:27 · MacKinnon
Kopitar 0:34
2–0 COL
1st 10:13 · Landeskog
Kopitar 0:33
2–1 LAK
1st 17:20 · PP · Clarke
Burns 0:39
2–2 LAK
2nd 8:32 · Booth
Stuck out there: Kelly 1:31
3–2 COL
3rd 15:05 · Toews
Anderson 0:57
4–2 COL
3rd 19:58 · EN · Necas
Laferriere 2:15
Hover or tap a bar for the skater.
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
Penalties
- 1st 17:14
Josh Manson · tripping2 min - 2nd 20:00
Brandt Clarke · slashing2 min - 2nd 20:00Parker Kelly · roughing2 min
- 3rd 19:25Brandt Clarke · tripping2 min
Season series
Colorado Avalanche
| 88Martin NecasC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 2 | 20:25 |
| 92Gabriel LandeskogL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 5 | 18:44 |
| 29Nathan MacKinnonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 8 | 21:07 |
| 7Devon ToewsD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 22:29 |
| 8Cale MakarD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 5 | 25:26 |
| 84Brent BurnsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18:13 |
| 11Brock NelsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:13 |
| 13Valeri NichushkinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:06 |
| 17Parker KellyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:40 |
| 18Jack DruryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:03 |
| 20Ross ColtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 12:23 |
| 54Gavin BrindleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:30 |
| 62Artturi LehkonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 03:21 |
| 93Zakhar BardakovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:14 |
| 95Victor OlofssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:09 |
| 27Brett KulakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:21 |
| 42Josh MansonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:23 |
| 70Sam MalinskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:07 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39Mackenzie BlackwoodG | W | 21 | 19 | 2 | .905 | 60:00 |
| 41Scott WedgewoodG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Los Angeles Kings
| 9Adrian KempeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 20:52 |
| 11Anze KopitarC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 20:08 |
| 2Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 15:02 |
| 81Angus BoothD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:18 |
| 92Brandt ClarkeD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 23:30 |
| 10Corey PerryR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:15 |
| 14Alex LaferriereR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 20:18 |
| 15Alex TurcotteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:49 |
| 34Kenny ConnorsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10:14 |
| 37Warren FoegeleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:11 |
| 39Jeff MalottL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:01 |
| 52Taylor WardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:01 |
| 53Jared WrightR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:42 |
| 72Artemi PanarinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 22:24 |
| 79Samuel HeleniusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:28 |
| 5Cody CeciD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 24:24 |
| 6Joel EdmundsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:39 |
| 44Mikey AndersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 22:35 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Erik PortilloG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 31Anton ForsbergG | L | 38 | 35 | 3 | .921 | 58:36 |