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Philipp Grubauer had 27 saves for the
Avalanche.
The game was scheduled for a 7 p.m. local start, but with the
threat of heavy snowfall, puck drop was moved up to 3:30 p.m.
Kurtis MacDermid had a goal and Cal Petersen stopped 37 shots
for Los Angeles.
The Kings scratched Dustin Brown with an upper-body injury
before the game. Alex Iafallo, who had an assist, returned to
the lineup but it didn't change Los Angeles' fate. The Kings had
17 shots through the first two periods -- just one fewer than
they had in Friday's game, a 2-0 Avalanche win -- but it was
Colorado that cashed in on its chances.
Kadri got it going in the first period when he deked around a
Kings defenseman, glided to between the circles and beat
Petersen at 11:05. It was Kadri's seventh of the season.
After being outshot 20-9 in the first period, Los Angeles
created more chances in the second. Grubauer stopped Andreas
Athanasiou and Anze Kopitar on point-blank shots to preserve the
1-0 lead, and then the Avalanche added to it.
Kadri had the puck at the bottom of the left circle and fed it
to Burakovsky in front of the net. Burakovsky deflected the pass
by Petersen at 14:05 for his sixth of the season.
Later in the period, Petersen made a save on a close-in chance
by Dan Renouf but the puck went to the other side of the crease
where Donskoi knocked it in at 17:09. It was his seventh of the
season.
MacDermid broke up the shutout bid when his shot from the point
beat Grubauer just under the crossbar at 6:07 of the third. It
was his second of the season.
Petersen went off for an extra skater with 3:50 left and
MacKinnon scored his second empty-net goal in as many games and
seventh goal of the season.
--Field Level Media
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