Colorado Avalanche @ Los Angeles Kings

West 1st Round - Game 3 • COL leads series 3-0

55-16-11, 29-7-5 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Avalanche COL	1	1	2	4
Kings LA	0	1	1	2

Los Angeles KingsKingsLA

35-27-20, 15-17-9 Home

Colorado Avalanche


forwards
Ross ColtonR. Colton#20
Jack DruryJ. Drury#18
Nazem KadriN. Kadri#91
Parker KellyP. Kelly#17
Gabriel LandeskogG. Landeskog#92
Artturi LehkonenA. Lehkonen#62
Nathan MacKinnonN. MacKinnon#29
Martin NecasM. Necas#88
Brock NelsonB. Nelson#11
Valeri NichushkinV. Nichushkin#13
Logan O'ConnorL. O'Connor#25
Nicolas RoyN. Roy#10
defensemen
Brent BurnsB. Burns#84
Brett KulakB. Kulak#27
Cale MakarC. Makar#8
Sam MalinskiS. Malinski#70
Josh MansonJ. Manson#42
Devon ToewsD. Toews#7

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	16	8:22	0:00	0:00	8:22	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	2	0	1	15	9:26	0:00	1:32	7:54	6	0	100.0
0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	19	14:07	1:48	0:00	12:19	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	5	0	0	16	9:31	0:00	1:58	7:33	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	23	18:13	3:01	0:00	15:12	4	2	66.7
1	1	2	3	2	1	0	0	4	0	1	23	17:55	1:07	1:29	15:19	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	3	0	1	2	1	0	0	26	19:30	3:06	0:00	16:24	10	7	58.8
0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	23	17:37	3:11	0:00	14:26	0	0	0.0
1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	26	17:52	0:47	3:16	13:49	7	9	43.8
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	24	17:29	0:58	2:50	13:41	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	10:23	0:00	1:27	8:56	0	0	0.0
0	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	18	13:56	1:11	0:00	12:45	4	4	50.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	27	18:40	0:00	4:00	14:40	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	1	1	31	22:03	0:00	1:57	20:06	0	0	0.0
1	0	2	4	1	6	0	0	0	0	2	30	25:58	3:07	2:20	20:31	0	0	0.0
0	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	24	18:51	0:48	0:22	17:41	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	1	11	4:57	0:00	0:00	4:57	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	35	26:54	0:56	3:53	22:05	0	0	0.0

goalies
Scott WedgewoodS. Wedgewood#41

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
26	2	24	.923	19	4	1	0	0	60:00	0

Los Angeles Kings


forwards
Joel ArmiaJ. Armia#40
Quinton ByfieldQ. Byfield#55
Samuel HeleniusS. Helenius#79
Adrian KempeA. Kempe#9
Anze KopitarA. Kopitar#11
Andrei KuzmenkoA. Kuzmenko#96
Alex LaferriereA. Laferriere#14
Scott LaughtonS. Laughton#21
Jeff MalottJ. Malott#39
Trevor MooreT. Moore#12
Artemi PanarinA. Panarin#10
Jared WrightJ. Wright#53
defensemen
Mikey AndersonM. Anderson#44
Cody CeciC. Ceci#5
Brandt ClarkeB. Clarke#92
Drew DoughtyD. Doughty#8
Brian DumoulinB. Dumoulin#2
Joel EdmundsonJ. Edmundson#6

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	17	11:50	0:00	2:37	9:13	0	2	0.0
0	1	-2	4	1	1	2	4	2	2	1	28	20:57	2:51	0:00	18:06	9	11	45.0
0	0	0	3	0	0	1	2	3	0	1	15	8:10	0:00	0:00	8:10	2	2	50.0
1	0	-3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	22	19:08	4:04	0:13	14:51	0	0	0.0
0	0	-3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	22	17:32	3:57	0:12	13:23	9	7	56.3
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	10:30	2:06	0:00	8:24	0	0	0.0
0	2	-1	6	3	1	0	0	2	0	1	26	23:21	4:11	1:08	18:02	1	0	100.0
0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	20	15:02	0:51	2:47	11:24	1	8	11.1
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	11	6:55	0:00	0:00	6:55	0	0	0.0
1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	26	19:06	1:50	1:02	16:14	0	1	0.0
0	1	-3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	24	21:33	5:16	0:00	16:17	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	14	8:39	0:00	0:00	8:39	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	23	16:46	0:11	1:11	15:24	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	21	16:24	0:00	2:49	13:35	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	26	19:46	3:55	0:00	15:51	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	3	31	22:51	2:04	1:07	19:40	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	21	18:35	0:19	0:00	18:16	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	2	4	1	0	0	3	0	1	26	18:59	0:00	2:54	16:05	0	0	0.0

goalies
Anton ForsbergA. Forsberg#31

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
22	3	19	.864	17	2	0	0	0	57:56	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

TNT/truTV/HBO Max		1	2	3	T
	Avalanche	1	1	2	4
	Kings	0	1	1	2

1st Period			COL	LA
5:29		Gabriel Landeskog (2) Assists: Nicolas Roy (1), Josh Manson (2)	1	0

2nd Period			COL	LA
5:55		Trevor Moore (1) Assists: Quinton Byfield (2), Alex Laferriere (2)	1	1
12:12		Cale Makar (1) Assists: Devon Toews (2), Artturi Lehkonen (1)	2	1

3rd Period		COL	LA
7:39	Artturi Lehkonen (2) (Shorthanded) Unassisted	3	1
15:57	Adrian Kempe (1) (Power Play) Assists: Artemi Panarin (1), Alex Laferriere (3)	3	2
17:42	Brock Nelson (1) (Empty Net) Unassisted	4	2

Adrian Kempe tallies goal for Los Angeles Kings on the power play

0:49

Brock Nelson tallies goal vs. Kings

0:30

Artturi Lehkonen scores short-handed goal vs. Kings

0:21

Kings
1
Avalanche
2

Game 1

4/19

Kings
1
Avalanche
2

Game 2

4/21

Avalanche
4
Kings
2

Game 3

4/23

Avalanche
Kings

Game 4

4/26

TNT/truTV/HBO Max

Kings
Avalanche

Game 5

4/29

Avalanche
Kings

Game 6

5/1

Kings
Avalanche

Game 7

5/3

crypto.com Arena

10:00 PM, April 23, 2026Coverage: TNT/truTV/HBO Max

Los Angeles, CA

Attendance: 18,145

Referees:
Kelly Sutherland
Tom Chmielewski
Corey Syvret

Linesmen:
Travis Gawryletz
Matt MacPherson

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Colorado	55	16	11	121
Dallas	50	20	12	112
Minnesota	46	24	12	104
Utah	43	33	6	92
St. Louis	37	33	12	86
Nashville	38	34	10	86
Winnipeg	35	35	12	82
Chicago	29	39	14	72

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Vegas	39	26	17	95
Edmonton	41	30	11	93
Anaheim	43	33	6	92
Los Angeles	35	27	20	90
San Jose	39	35	8	86
Seattle	34	37	11	79
Calgary	34	39	9	77
Vancouver	25	49	8	58

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