Overview
- Colorado moved to 29-2-7, reached 65 points in 38 games to track behind only the 1929–30 Bruins, and ran its home winning streak to 14.
- Jack Drury, Martin Necas, Brock Nelson, Nathan MacKinnon and Cale Makar scored for Colorado, while Corey Perry and Joel Armia scored for Los Angeles.
- Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 23 shots and denied Adrian Kempe on a shorthanded breakaway late in the second period.
- The Avalanche finished 0-for-4 on the power play and surrendered a shorthanded goal, continuing a season-long special-teams concern.
- Los Angeles started Anton Forsberg with Darcy Kuemper sidelined and has dropped seven of its last nine games.