Avalanche Roll Past Kings 5-1, MacKinnon Takes NHL Points Lead
Logan O'Connor's two first-period goals set the tone for Colorado's victory, while Los Angeles continues to struggle with 13 losses in their last 15 games.
- Logan O'Connor scored two of Colorado's three first-period goals, helping the Avalanche to a 5-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings.
- Colorado's Nathan MacKinnon moved past Nikita Kucherov of the Tampa Bay Lightning for the NHL points lead with 84 and extended his franchise-record home point streak to 25 games.
- Los Angeles Kings have lost 13 of its past 15 games after starting the season 20-7-4.
- Colorado Avalanche goaltender Alexandar Georgiev, who will be taking part in his first career All-Star Game next week, stopped 26 shots.
- The Avalanche took a 3-0 lead in the first period prompting the Kings to pull goaltender Cam Talbot in favor of David Rittich.
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