Colorado Avalanche

1stin Central · 1-0-0, 2 PTS

YES!

Colorado Avalanche beat the Los Angeles Kings

0-1-0, 0 PTS 4 – 8

1-0-0, 2 PTS

Final · Wed, Sep 30

Game Details

Ball Arena (Denver) · 18,092 fans · TNT, truTV

Highlights

MacKinnon has 2 goals and a rare fight in the Avs' 8-4 victory over the Kings in opener

Nathan MacKinnon scored twice in a four-goal second period and capped his night with a rare fight, and the Colorado Avalanche opened the season with an 8-4 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday night.

Recap via ESPN

0:50 Brock Nelson tallies goal for Colorado Avalanche on the power play

0:54 Brian Dumoulin scores goal for Kings

0:51 Parker Kelly tallies goal vs. Kings

0:48 Nathan MacKinnon scores power-play goal vs. Kings

Clips play on ESPN

Ball Arena · Denver

Line Score

	1	2	3	T
LA	1	2	1	4
COL	2	4	2	8

Game Leaders

Los Angeles Kings

Joel Armia · 1Goals
Alex Laferriere · 2Assists
Alex Laferriere · 2Points

Colorado Avalanche

Artturi Lehkonen · 2Goals
Brock Nelson · 2Assists
Brock Nelson · 3Points

2026-27 Pacific Division Standings

Team	W	L	OTL	Pts
Edmonton	2	0	1	5
Anaheim	2	0	0	4
San Jose	2	0	0	4
Seattle	2	1	0	4
Vegas	2	1	0	4
Vancouver	2	2	0	4
Los Angeles	0	1	1	1
Calgary	0	3	0	0

2026-27 Central Division Standings

Team	W	L	OTL	Pts
Colorado	2	0	0	4
Minnesota	2	0	0	4
Utah	2	1	0	4
Winnipeg	1	0	1	3
Nashville	1	1	0	2
St. Louis	1	1	0	2
Dallas	0	2	0	0
Chicago	0	3	0	0

Scoring

3rd 15:06

PPG Artturi Lehkonen Goal (2) Snap Shot, assists: Brock Nelson (2), Devon Toews (2)4–8

3rd 14:03

Gabriel Landeskog Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Cale Makar (2)4–7

3rd 11:51

Artemi Panarin Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Drew Doughty (1), Alex Laferriere (2)4–6

2nd 18:34

PPG Artturi Lehkonen Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Brock Nelson (1), Devon Toews (1)3–6

2nd 17:50

SHG Trevor Moore Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Mikey Anderson (1)3–5

2nd 16:01

Nicolas Roy Goal (1) Poke, assists: Jaden Schwartz (2), Parker Kelly (1)2–5

2nd 8:33

Nathan MacKinnon Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Martin Necas (1), Brent Burns (1)2–4

2nd 1:28

SHG Joel Armia Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Erik Haula (1), Cody Ceci (1)2–3

2nd 0:23

PPG Nathan MacKinnon Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Nazem Kadri (2), Cale Makar (1)1–3

1st 17:58

Parker Kelly Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Josh Manson (1)1–2

1st 15:14

Brian Dumoulin Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Alex Laferriere (1), Alex Turcotte (1)1–1

1st 6:33

PPG Brock Nelson Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Jaden Schwartz (1), Nazem Kadri (1)0–1

Team Stats

Los Angeles KingsColorado Avalanche

Shots & Puck

31 Shots on Goal 29

15 Blocked Shots 15

17 Hits 19

63.8 Faceoff % 36.2

7 Takeaways 3

10 Giveaways 12

Special Teams

0/4 Power Play 4/5

2 Short-Handed Goals 0

15 Penalty Minutes 13

Box Score

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Forwards

Player	G	A	+/-	S	TOI	PIM	HT	BS	TK	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN
J. Armia	1	0	1	2	12:55	0	0	1	0	1:34	2:49	8:32	19	0	0	0	0.0	1	0
Q. Byfield	0	0	-2	3	18:59	0	0	2	4	4:51	0:02	14:06	21	1	14	2	87.5	1	0
E. Haula	0	1	-1	3	15:26	0	0	0	0	2:58	3:14	9:14	27	0	4	6	40.0	0	0
S. Helenius	0	0	0	1	6:59	0	3	0	0	0:00	0:00	6:59	10	0	1	4	20.0	0	0
A. Kempe	0	0	-2	3	19:23	2	2	0	0	5:00	0:05	14:18	22	2	0	0	0.0	1	1
A. Laferriere	0	2	1	2	15:31	0	5	1	0	3:06	0:30	11:55	21	2	0	0	0.0	0	0
S. Laughton	0	0	0	3	15:07	0	1	1	0	0:08	2:48	12:11	23	0	8	7	53.3	1	0
A. Lee	0	0	0	1	7:56	2	1	0	0	0:00	0:00	7:56	11	2	0	0	0.0	0	1
T. Moore	1	0	0	2	14:56	0	1	1	0	0:05	2:42	12:09	23	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
A. Panarin	1	0	-2	2	20:16	0	0	0	0	6:02	0:00	14:14	22	4	0	0	0.0	1	0
A. Turcotte	0	1	1	1	15:35	2	2	0	1	2:50	0:29	12:16	21	0	10	2	83.3	0	1
M. Zuccarello	0	0	2	0	17:59	0	0	0	0	5:02	0:00	12:57	18	0	0	0	0.0	1	0

Defense

Player	G	A	+/-	S	TOI	PIM	HT	BS	TK	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	SM	GV	PN
M. Anderson	0	1	1	2	19:21	0	1	2	0	0:12	3:24	15:45	26	0	0	0
C. Ceci	0	1	3	1	19:24	0	0	1	0	0:04	3:25	15:55	26	1	0	0
B. Clarke	0	0	0	1	18:57	5	0	2	0	4:51	0:00	14:06	19	0	1	1
D. Doughty	0	1	-2	1	22:41	2	0	2	0	3:05	2:29	17:07	28	2	1	1
B. Dumoulin	1	0	-1	2	16:30	0	0	2	1	0:12	2:41	13:37	22	0	1	0
J. Edmundson	0	0	0	1	15:34	2	1	0	1	0:00	1:11	14:23	22	0	1	1

Goalies

Player	SV	SA	GA	SV%	TOI	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	PIM
D. Kuemper	21	29	8	.724	59:25	18	3	0	0

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Forwards

Player	G	A	+/-	S	TOI	PIM	HT	BS	TK	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN
T.J. Hughes	0	0	-3	2	13:35	2	2	0	0	3:38	0:00	9:57	15	0	3	2	60.0	0	1
N. Kadri	0	2	1	2	17:57	0	1	0	0	2:55	0:08	14:54	26	0	2	1	66.7	1	0
P. Kelly	1	1	2	1	12:53	0	3	0	0	0:00	3:28	9:25	22	0	0	2	0.0	2	0
G. Landeskog	1	0	-1	1	17:52	0	0	1	0	4:08	0:00	13:44	21	0	4	2	66.7	0	0
A. Lehkonen	2	0	1	3	19:27	0	2	2	0	2:26	4:02	12:59	26	0	0	0	0.0	1	0
N. MacKinnon	2	0	-2	8	17:44	5	2	0	0	4:09	0:07	13:28	22	1	6	9	40.0	1	1
M. Necas	0	1	-1	4	19:11	0	1	0	1	4:11	0:00	15:00	22	0	0	0	0.0	1	0
B. Nelson	1	2	0	1	19:14	0	0	0	0	2:21	4:26	12:27	27	0	3	11	21.4	0	0
N. Roy	1	0	1	2	12:12	0	2	1	1	0:00	2:21	9:51	19	1	2	4	33.3	1	0
J. Schwartz	0	2	-1	1	12:49	2	2	0	0	2:27	0:00	10:22	19	0	0	0	0.0	1	1
F. Svechkov	0	0	0	0	15:28	0	1	1	0	0:00	1:27	14:01	20	1	1	6	14.3	0	0

Defense

Player	A	+/-	S	TOI	PIM	HT	BS	TK	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	SM	GV	PN
B. Burns	1	0	0	15:23	0	1	1	0	0:00	4:22	11:01	19	1	0	0
N. Juulsen	0	1	0	11:15	2	0	1	0	0:00	0:00	11:15	21	0	1	1
B. Kulak	0	1	0	19:44	0	0	1	0	0:00	3:38	16:06	23	0	0	0
C. Makar	2	-1	1	18:14	0	0	3	0	4:08	2:02	12:04	20	1	0	0
S. Malinski	0	1	2	14:27	0	0	3	1	0:05	0:45	13:37	18	0	0	0
J. Manson	1	0	1	14:31	0	1	1	0	0:00	2:49	11:42	18	0	1	0
D. Toews	2	1	0	20:04	2	1	0	0	2:27	2:25	15:12	24	1	1	1

Goalies

Player	SV	SA	GA	SV%	TOI	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	PIM
M. Blackwood	27	31	4	.871	60:00	23	4	0	0

Injury Report

Colorado Avalanche

Zachary L'Heureux LWInjured Reserve
Logan O'Connor RWInjured Reserve
Trent Miner GInjured Reserve
Georgii Merkulov CInjured Reserve

Los Angeles Kings

Otto Salin DInjured Reserve
Jakub Dvorak DInjured Reserve
Jan Jenik CInjured Reserve
Kevin Fiala LWInjured Reserve

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2026-27 Pacific Division Standings

2026-27 Central Division Standings

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