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Calvin Petersen had a career-high 44 saves in
his return to the lineup.
Kings defenseman Olli Maata was placed on the NHL's COVID-19
protocol list on Friday while Petersen was activated off of the
list. Troy Grosenick, the last-minute starter and hero of the
win over Anaheim on Wednesday, served as his backup while top
netminder Jonathan Quick was placed on injured reserve.
Petersen came up big most of the game, stopping several
point-blank shots, including one on Gabriel Landeskog late in
the second period off a great pass from MacKinnon.
He couldn't stop them all, however. With Colorado cycling the
puck in the Los Angeles zone, Rantanen got it near the blueline,
barely kept it in and then beat Petersen with a shot to his
short side at 9:18 of the second. It was Rantanen's team-leading
13th of the season.
The Kings had just 13 shots through the first two periods and
went more than 14 minutes without a shot on goal, a span that
bridged the second and third periods. They got a chance to put
pressure on Grubauer when Matt Calvert went off for hooking at
11:03 of the third but managed just two shots on goal.
Landeskog nearly gave the Avalanche a two-goal lead with 5:26
left but the officials ruled he knocked the puck in with his
glove and waved it off.
Los Angeles put several shots on Grubauer on another power play
late in the third but couldn't score. Petersen went off for an
extra skater with 1:35 remaining and MacKinnon scored into an
empty net 12 seconds later.
--Field Level Media
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