NHL

Colorado 4, at Los Angeles 2

Thursday, April 23, 2026 · Final · Round 1 Game 3 (COL leads 3-0)

Round 1 Game 3 (COL leads 3-0) 1 2 3 G

Colorado Avalanche

63-32 · L4 · #2 (1408 ELO +5)

1 1 2 4

Los Angeles Kings

35-51 · L6 · #22 (1280 ELO -5)

0 1 1 2

Crypto.com Arena · Los Angeles, CA

Attendance: 18,145

Makar, Lehkonen lift Avalanche past Kings, take 3‑0 series lead

LOS ANGELES (Interstat) — Cale Makar scored the tiebreaking goal, Scott Wedgewood made 24 saves and the top-seeded Colorado Avalanche moved to the brink of the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs with a 4-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday night. Gabriel Landeskog and Artturi Lehkonen scored on fortunate deflections for the Presidents’ Trophy-winning Avalanche, who went up 3-0 in the series with another narrow win over the persistent Kings. Colorado took a 1-0 lead at 5:29 of the first period when Landeskog redirected a wrist shot from Nicolas Roy past Kings goaltender Anton Forsberg. Roy… Read more...

Top Statlines

Artturi Lehkonen COL 1g 1a 3sog 1hit
Cale Makar COL 1g 4sog 6hit
Scott Wedgewood COL 1w 24sv 26sog

Forecasting

ELO Probability COL 67.6%

Spread COL -1.5

Projected Score COL 3 LAK 2

Money Line LAK +135/COL -160

Over/Under 5.5 (Over)