Postgame: Avalanche Complete First-Round Sweep of Los Angeles Kings
The Colorado Avalanche are heading to the second round. Following Sunday afternoon’s 5-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings, the […] The post Postgame: Avalanche Complete First-Round Sweep of Los Angeles Kings appeared first on Colorado Hockey Now.
William Liang-Imagn Images William Liang-Imagn Images The Colorado Avalanche are heading to the second round. Following Sunday afternoon’s 5-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings, the Avs completed a four-game sweep of the second wild Kings after winning both games at Crypto. com Arena.
The Avs will meet either the Minnesota Wild or Dallas Stars in the second round. That series is currently tied 2-2 and will extend until at least Thursday. If it goes to Game 7, the series won’t end until next Sunday.
Nathan MacKinnon scored two goals, while Cale Makar, Nic Roy, and Devon Toews each had one for the Avalanche, who were a perfect 3-for-3 on the penalty kill while also tallying their first power-play goal of the four-game series. Colorado was 1-for-2 on the man advantage. Scott Wedgewood remained perfect in goal, going 4-0 in his first four career playoff starts.
Wedgewood stopped 24 shots as the Avalanche outshot the Kings 32-25. Wedgewood let in just five goals in the entire series. Down three games to none, the Kings began Game 4 with more urgency than we’ve seen in any other game.
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