Los Angeles Kings vs. Colorado AvalancheApr 21, 2026

Final / OTPlayoffsTuesday, Apr 21, 2026· Ball Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	1OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	1OT	T
LAK	0	0	1	0	1		LAK	6	8	8	3	25
COL	0	0	1	1	2		COL	14	8	12	2	36

: LAK 64COL 87
: LAK 2.35COL 3.27
PP goals: LAK 1COL 0
Hits: LAK 23COL 29
Blocks: LAK 26COL 26
PIM: LAK 8COL 12
: LAK 53%COL 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche edge Los Angeles Kings 2–1 (OT)

Colorado Avalanche beat Los Angeles Kings 2–1 in overtime at home. Gabriel Landeskog (COL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Anton Forsberg (LAK) faced 36 shots and stopped 34 (.944), +6 against a season average of 30.3; the loss.

Goalie
Anton Forsberg (LAK) faced 36 shots and stopped 34 (.944), +6 against a season average of 30.3; the loss.Forsberg
Usage
Valeri Nichushkin (COL) played 20:08, +4:56 up on his 15:12 season average over 11 games.Nichushkin
Usage
Parker Kelly (COL) played 14:47, +3:53 up on his 10:54 season average over 12 games.Kelly
Usage
Brock Nelson (COL) played 21:09, +3:16 up on his 17:53 season average over 12 games.Nelson
Usage
Cale Makar (COL) played 28:49, +3:44 up on his 25:05 season average over 10 games.Makar
PP1
COL's PP1 (Kadri, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Necas and Makar) went scoreless in 3:36 of 5v4 time with 7 attempts.Kadri Landeskog MacKinnon Necas Makar
PP1
LAK's PP1 (Kopitar, Kempe, Panarin, Byfield and Laferriere) went scoreless in 3:56 of 5v4 time with 5 attempts.Kopitar Kempe Panarin Byfield Laferriere
Cats
Mathieu Joseph (LAK) threw 6 hits and blocked 1 shot, a night for hits leagues.Joseph

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

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

COL
LAK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 151 of 151 attempts · COL 87 · LAK 64

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

COL
LAK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: LAK 26% of the game, COL 35%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

COL

LAK

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

COL 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	LAK	COL
	60	85
	1.27	3.24
	1.20	3.12
	5	16
	7	5
	25	19
	+0.025	−0.025
	26%	35%

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.

Los Angeles Kings

L1Moore – Byfield – Laferriere
13:3038% CF
L2Kopitar – Kempe – Panarin
12:1454% CF
L3Armia – Laughton – Wright
9:3429% CF
L4Joseph – Malott – Helenius
6:3770% CF
D1Doughty – Anderson
20:2843% CF
D2Edmundson – Clarke
14:3143% CF
D3Dumoulin – Ceci
13:3018% CF

PP1Kopitar – Kempe – Panarin – Byfield – Laferriere
3:5683% CF
PP2Doughty – Armia – Laughton – Moore – Clarke
1:05100% CF
PK1FLaughton – Byfield
1:48
PK2FMoore – Laferriere
1:45
PK1DEdmundson – Ceci
2:04
PK2DDoughty – Anderson
1:29

Current LAK line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Necas
11:4270% CF
L2Nelson – Nichushkin – Kelly
9:2660% CF
L3Kadri – Landeskog – Roy
8:2167% CF
L4Drury – O'Connor – Kiviranta
6:1646% CF
D1Toews – Makar
19:1858% CF
D2Kulak – Malinski
15:4443% CF
D3Burns – Manson
11:5273% CF

PP1Kadri – Landeskog – MacKinnon – Necas – Makar
3:3688% CF
PK1FKelly – Drury
2:49
PK2FNelson – Nichushkin
2:10
PK1DBurns – Toews
3:11
PK2DManson – Makar
0:54

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

3rd period

13:04
LAKArtemi PanarinPP (Trevor Moore, Quinton Byfield)wrist0.12 xG
LAK: Doughty, Laughton, Panarin, Moore, ByfieldCOL: Burns, Nelson, Nichushkin, Toews
LAK 1 – 0 COL
16:25
COLGabriel Landeskog (Martin Necas, Devon Toews)snap0.42 xG
LAK: Armia, Laughton, Ceci, Anderson, WrightCOL: Landeskog, MacKinnon, Toews, Necas, Makar
LAK 1 – 1 COL

OT period

7:44
COLNicolas Roy (Josh Manson, Nazem Kadri)backhand0.40 xG
LAK: Kopitar, Edmundson, Joseph, Malott, ClarkeCOL: Burns, Kadri, Manson, Roy, Kiviranta
LAK 1 – 2 COL

Box score

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

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Laferriere R	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.52	3	0	0	24:36	—	—	34	40
Quinton Byfield R	L1	0	1	1	0	6	0.60	0	2	0	23:51	—	—	35	37
Trevor Moore L	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.35	0	0	0	20:58	—	—	46	47
Artemi Panarin L	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.12	0	0	0	23:38	—	—	46	37
Anze Kopitar C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	20:13	—	—	46	25
Adrian Kempe R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.24	1	0	2	20:01	—	—	48	37
Scott Laughton C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	1	2	0	17:54	—	—	28	17
Joel Armia R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	1	2	13:08	—	—	29	9
Jared Wright R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:11	—	—	32	15
Mathieu Joseph R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	6	1	0	9:39	—	—	58	19
Jeff Malott L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	0	2	9:19	—	—	50	24
Samuel Helenius C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	5	0	0	9:07	—	—	71	68
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	28:46	—	—	47	39
Mikey Anderson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	6	2	25:23	—	—	43	26
Brandt Clarke D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	1	6	0	21:25	—	—	44	34
Joel Edmundson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	0	2	0	18:03	—	—	47	26
Cody Ceci D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	3	0	17:36	—	—	30	19
Brian Dumoulin D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:52	—	—	30	24

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Anton Forsberg(start)	L	36	34	2	.944	3.27	67:44

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.62	0	0	2	23:12	—	—	72	68
Martin Necas C	L1	0	1	1	+1	5	0.33	2	0	0	21:02	—	—	71	76
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	2	2	0	17:46	—	—	61	60
Brock Nelson C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.18	0	4	0	21:09	—	—	48	77
Valeri Nichushkin R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	1	0	20:08	—	—	50	73
Parker Kelly C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	3	1	2	14:47	—	—	58	75
Gabriel Landeskog L	L3	1	0	1	+1	4	0.77	4	2	2	18:20	—	—	55	82
Nazem Kadri C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.16	1	1	0	15:59	—	—	59	82
Nicolas Roy C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.40	3	3	0	13:55	—	—	58	75
Jack Drury C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	1	0	11:12	—	—	50	69
Joel Kiviranta L	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.17	4	0	0	10:05	—	—	63	90
Logan O'Connor R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	1	0	9:38	—	—	44	42
Cale Makar D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.12	0	2	2	28:49	—	—	58	62
Devon Toews D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.03	1	1	0	27:37	—	—	58	63
Sam Malinski D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	0	5	0	20:41	—	—	52	84
Brett Kulak D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	1	4	20:33	—	—	44	67
Brent Burns D	D3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.04	4	0	0	18:21	—	—	75	85
Josh Manson D	D3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.08	3	1	0	16:14	—	—	74	76

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Scott Wedgewood(start)	W	25	24	1	.960	2.35	67:28

Goal anatomy

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

Nicolas Roy (COL) OT 7:44 · assists Josh Manson, Nazem Kadri · Forecheck turnover · 7.6 mph shot.

Nicolas Roy · OT 7:44 · COL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 7.6 mph
Distance: 10 ft

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Artemi Panarin · 3rd 13:04 · LAK PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 64.7 mph
Distance: 26 ft

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Gabriel Landeskog · 3rd 16:25 · COL

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 37.6 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Type: one-timer, rebound

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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.