Colorado Avalanche vs. Los Angeles KingsApr 23, 2026

FinalPlayoffsThursday, Apr 23, 2026· Crypto.com Arena

away

home

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	1	1	2	4		COL	7	8	8	23
LAK	0	1	1	2		LAK	12	7	7	26

: COL 58LAK 58
: COL 3.10LAK 2.82
PP goals: COL 0LAK 0
Hits: COL 24LAK 32
Blocks: COL 15LAK 15
PIM: COL 10LAK 6
: COL 58%LAK 42%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Colorado Avalanche beat Los Angeles Kings 4–2

Colorado Avalanche beat Los Angeles Kings 4–2 at LAK. Artturi Lehkonen (COL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Josh Manson (COL) played 4:57, −11:42 down on his 16:39 season average over 8 games.

Points
Artturi Lehkonen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:55.Lehkonen
Points
Alex Laferriere had 2 assists (2 points) on 6 shots in 23:21.Laferriere
Usage
Josh Manson (COL) played 4:57, −11:42 down on his 16:39 season average over 8 games.Manson
New line
New look for COL: Kelly–Drury–O'Connor skated 4:40 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (70.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kelly Drury O'Connor
New line
New look for COL: Nelson–Nichushkin–Colton skated 6:42 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (46.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nelson Nichushkin Colton
New line
New look for LAK: Armia–Laughton–Kuzmenko skated 5:19 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Armia Laughton Kuzmenko
New line
New look for LAK: Malott–Helenius–Wright skated 4:45 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Malott Helenius Wright
Usage
Martin Necas (COL) played 17:37, −3:18 down on his 20:55 season average over 12 games.Necas

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← COL attacks left (bottom on phones)LAK attacks right (top on phones) →

LAK
COL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 116 of 116 attempts · LAK 58 · COL 58

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

LAK
COL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

LAK pressure
COL pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: COL 36% of the game, LAK 38%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

LAK

COL

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

LAK skaters (rows) against COL skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the LAK side.

Matchup matrix

LAK xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	COL	LAK
	54	54
	2.04	2.61
	1.98	2.40
	14	10
	6	4
	13	16
	+0.006	−0.006
	36%	38%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Colorado Avalanche

L1Kadri – Landeskog – Roy
9:4347% CF
L2Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Necas
8:4742% CF
L3Nelson – Nichushkin – Colton
6:4247% CF
L4Kelly – Drury – O'Connor
4:4071% CF
D1Toews – Makar
11:4648% CF
D2Kulak – Malinski
8:2443% CF
D3Burns – Manson
3:2050% CF

PP1Kadri – Landeskog – MacKinnon – Necas – Makar
2:47100% CF
PP2Nelson – Lehkonen – Nichushkin – Toews – Malinski
0:47
PK1FNelson – Nichushkin
2:22
PK2FLehkonen – O'Connor
1:25
PK1DBurns – Toews
3:03
PK2DKulak – Makar
1:18

Current COL line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

L1Moore – Byfield – Laferriere
12:2863% CF
L2Kopitar – Kempe – Panarin
9:3558% CF
L3Armia – Laughton – Kuzmenko
5:1943% CF
L4Malott – Helenius – Wright
4:4567% CF
D1Doughty – Anderson
14:1952% CF
D2Dumoulin – Ceci
12:3138% CF
D3Edmundson – Clarke
12:2560% CF

PP1Kopitar – Kempe – Panarin – Laferriere – Clarke
3:38100% CF
PP2Doughty – Panarin – Moore – Byfield – Laferriere
1:01100% CF
PK1FArmia – Laughton
2:37
PK2FMoore – Laferriere
1:00
PK1DEdmundson – Ceci
2:48
PK2DDoughty – Anderson
1:05

Current LAK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Gabriel Landeskog L	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.10	1	0	0	18:13	—	—	45	74
Nazem Kadri C	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:07	—	—	50	87
Nicolas Roy C	L1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.24	1	0	0	13:56	—	—	56	85
Nathan MacKinnon C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.44	1	0	2	19:30	—	—	39	32
Artturi Lehkonen L	L2	1	1	2	+2	3	0.21	4	1	0	17:55	—	—	33	56
Martin Necas C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.28	3	0	0	17:37	—	—	41	31
Brock Nelson C	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.46	2	1	0	17:52	—	—	44	24
Valeri Nichushkin R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	0	0	17:29	—	—	39	45
Ross Colton C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.25	2	0	0	8:22	—	—	56	57
Logan O'Connor R	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.09	0	0	0	10:23	—	—	75	47
Parker Kelly C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.35	5	1	0	9:31	—	—	67	45
Jack Drury C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	0	2	9:26	—	—	74	40
Devon Toews D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.25	0	1	0	26:54	—	—	51	67
Cale Makar D	D1	1	0	1	+2	4	0.27	0	6	0	25:58	—	—	48	77
Brett Kulak D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	3	2	22:03	—	—	50	32
Sam Malinski D	D2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.07	0	1	0	18:51	—	—	50	35
Brent Burns D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.04	1	1	0	18:40	—	—	50	37
Josh Manson D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	0	4	4:57	—	—	55	22

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Scott Wedgewood(start)	W	26	24	2	.923	2.82	60:00

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Laferriere R	L1	0	2	2	-1	6	0.42	2	1	0	23:21	—	—	56	61
Quinton Byfield R	L1	0	1	1	-2	4	0.36	2	1	4	20:57	—	—	60	65
Trevor Moore L	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.74	2	0	0	19:06	—	—	55	64
Artemi Panarin L	L2	0	1	1	-3	0	0.00	1	0	0	21:33	—	—	46	29
Adrian Kempe R	L2	1	0	1	-3	2	0.38	0	0	0	19:08	—	—	54	65
Anze Kopitar C	L2	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	0	2	0	17:32	—	—	58	65
Scott Laughton C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.00	8	0	0	15:02	—	—	32	12
Joel Armia R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	3	0	0	11:50	—	—	35	21
Andrei Kuzmenko L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:30	—	—	46	5
Jared Wright R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	2	1	0	8:39	—	—	44	60
Samuel Helenius C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.45	3	0	2	8:10	—	—	38	58
Jeff Malott L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	6:55	—	—	64	68
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	2	0	22:51	—	—	50	43
Mikey Anderson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.16	1	1	0	16:46	—	—	52	44
Brian Dumoulin D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	0	0	18:35	—	—	40	68
Cody Ceci D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	2	0	16:24	—	—	39	67
Brandt Clarke D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	0	4	0	19:46	—	—	58	47
Joel Edmundson D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.12	3	1	0	18:59	—	—	59	51

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Anton Forsberg(start)	L	22	19	3	.864	2.16	57:56

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Gabriel Landeskog (COL) 1st 5:29 · assists Nicolas Roy, Josh Manson · Forecheck turnover · 26.2 mph shot.

Gabriel Landeskog · 1st 5:29 · COL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 26.2 mph
Distance: 54 ft

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Trevor Moore · 2nd 5:55 · LAK

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 1
Shot: 9.1 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 3.4 s
Type: rebound

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Cale Makar · 2nd 12:12 · COL

Play: point-shot
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 61.0 mph
Distance: 52 ft

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Artturi Lehkonen · 3rd 7:39 · COL SH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 33.0 mph
Distance: 33 ft
Entry to goal: 2.1 s

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Adrian Kempe · 3rd 15:57 · LAK

Play: deflection
Passes: 5 (royal road)
Shot: 22.5 mph
Distance: 5 ft

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Brock Nelson · 3rd 17:42 · COL EN

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 64.1 mph
Distance: 54 ft
Entry to goal: 1.4 s

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.

Colorado Avalanche vs. Los Angeles KingsApr 23, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Colorado Avalanche beat Los Angeles Kings 4–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Colorado Avalanche

Los Angeles Kings

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Colorado Avalanche

Los Angeles Kings

Goal anatomy

Gabriel Landeskog · 1st 5:29 · COL

Trevor Moore · 2nd 5:55 · LAK

Cale Makar · 2nd 12:12 · COL

Artturi Lehkonen · 3rd 7:39 · COL SH

Adrian Kempe · 3rd 15:57 · LAK

Brock Nelson · 3rd 17:42 · COL EN