Avalanche Up 3-0 and Kings Are Running Out of Time to Stay Alive
The Colorado Avalanche are one win away from sweeping the Los Angeles Kings out of the first round, and there's not much LA can do about it. With the Avalanche leading the series 3-0, Game 4 is happening right now, and it's basically win or go home for the Kings.
The Avalanche Are Built Different
Look at the regular season numbers and it's obvious why Colorado is dominating this series. The Avalanche finished 55-16-11, which is an absolute monster record. On the road, they went 29-7-5. The Kings? They're sitting at 35-27-20 overall with just 15-17-9 at home. That's a massive gap, and you're seeing it play out in real time in this playoff series.
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👉 Claim Your Free $10 at KalshiNathan MacKinnon put Colorado up 1-0 in the first period on the power play, getting an assist from Nazem Kadri and Gabriel Landeskog. That's the kind of firepower the Kings simply don't have an answer for right now. Through 17:58 of the first, the Avalanche had 10 shots and Colorado was leading 1-1.
LA's Goaltending Can't Keep Up
Kings goalie A. Forsberg is facing an onslaught. Through the first period, he was already dealing with 10 shots and had allowed one goal on a .900 save percentage. Meanwhile, Avalanche netminder S. Wedgewood was dealing with just 6 shots and sitting pretty at 1.000. When you're getting outshot and your goalie is under that much pressure, you're not coming back in a playoff game, especially not in a Game 4 elimination matchup.
The Kings are 0-3 in this series with losses of 2-1, 2-1, and 4-2. They need to find a way to score and do it fast, but their home crowd at Crypto.com Arena hasn't been able to lift them yet.
What's Next
Game 5 is scheduled for April 29, but the Kings have to win tonight to even get there. If Colorado closes this out, the Avalanche move on and the Kings' season comes to an end in brutal fashion. Puck is dropping on TNT/truTV/HBO Max. This is it for LA.
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