The Colorado Avalanche have their eyes set on sweeping the Los Angeles Kings in Game Four on Sunday afternoon. Colorado will look to turn the City of Angels into a City of Avalanches with their fourth-straight win.

The Avs have had some struggles with scoring, having people’s eyes on those issues. However, they hold the commanding series lead and can put those struggles to rest for the time being with the win.

Colorado Avalanche (3–0–0)

The Avalanche took Game Three with their highest-scoring effort yet, winning 4–2. Colorado allowed its first 5-on-5 goal of the series, but it’s still the only one allowed. LA has only scored on the man advantage and gotten some puck luck alongside it.

On the flip side, Colorado has not yet scored on the power play, which could be of concern. Nonetheless, they’re still getting the job done at even strength and got a big shorthanded goal from Artturi Lehkonen to cap off Game Three.


The team has its eyes set on the second round with another victory. However, they’ll have to do it without Josh Manson, who is out with an upper-body injury. Expect Nick Blankenburg to slot in.

Projected Lines

Artturi Lehkonen – Nathan MacKinnon – Martin Necas
Parker Kelly – Brock Nelson – Valeri Nichushkin
Gabriel Landeskog – Nazem Kadri – Nicolas Roy
Joel Kiviranta – Jack Drury – Logan O’Connor

Devon Toews – Cale Makar
Brett Kulak – Sam Malinski
Brent Burns – Nick Blankenburg

Scott Wedgewood
Mackenzie Blackwood

Los Angeles Kings (0–2–1)

LA is in now-or-never mode, as their season is on the line. They’ve done their job defensively, shutting down the high-powered scoring of the Avs offense.

However, they’ve struggled offensively with their own depth. Aside from Artemi Panarin and Alex Laferriere, no other King has scored multiple points in this Stanley Cup Playoff first-round matchup.

The Kings will look to send this series back to Colorado with a Game Four victory. If they do so, it will extend the legendary career of AnΕΎe Kopitar for at least one more game.

Projected Lines

Artemi Panarin – Anze Kopitar – Adrian Kempe
Trevor Moore – Quinton Byfield – Alex Laferriere
Joel Armia – Scott Laughton – Jared Wright
Mathieu Joseph – Samuel Helenius – Jeff Malott

Mikey Anderson – Drew Doughty
Joel Edmundson – Brandt Clarke
Brian Dumoulin – Cody Ceci

Anton Forsberg
Darcy Kuemper

Game Details

Time: 2:30 p.m. MT

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