Los Angeles Kings at Colorado Avalanche
· National Hockey LeagueRantanen has 9th career hat trick, Avalanche beat Kings 4-2
Rantanen’s goal at 10:01, his second of the night, gave Colorado the lead in the third and he added an empty-net goal with 1:59 remaining for his second hat trick of the season. Artturi Lehkonen also scored and Alexandar Georgiev made 13 saves for the Avalanche.
Nathan MacKinnon, who had three assists, has at least one point in 16 of 17 games this season and all 10 home games.
Los Angeles goaltender Darcy Kuemper made 18 saves before leaving early in the third period with an apparent injury. David Rittich finished with three saves.
Adrian Kempe had two goals, including one 32 seconds into the game, for the Kings. Lehkonen tied it at 3:40 of the first period but Kempe scored again off of a Colorado turnover with 4:09 remaining in the opening period.
Rantanen tied it with 3:53 left in the second second.
Avalanche: The power play struggled all night. Colorado didn’t have a shot on goal in its first three man-advantages and had trouble generating any momentum.
COL leads series 1-0
Scoring Summary
Goal | 1st Period 0:32 | Adrian Kempe Goal (6) Wrist Shot, assists: Trevor Moore (8), Anze Kopitar (14) | |
Goal | 1st Period 3:40 | Artturi Lehkonen Goal (3) Snap Shot, assists: Mikko Rantanen (13), Nathan MacKinnon (24) | |
Goal | 1st Period 15:51 | Adrian Kempe Goal (7) Snap Shot, assists: Anze Kopitar (15), Trevor Moore (9) | |
Goal | 2nd Period 16:07 | Mikko Rantanen Goal (10) Snap Shot, assists: Cale Makar (19) | |
Goal | 3rd Period 10:01 | Mikko Rantanen Goal (11) Wrist Shot, assists: Nathan MacKinnon (25), Logan O'Connor (2) | |
Goal | 3rd Period 18:01 | Mikko Rantanen Goal (12) Wrist Shot, assists: Nathan MacKinnon (26), Artturi Lehkonen (3) |
Statistics
LA | COL | |
---|---|---|
18 | Blocked Shots | 15 |
24 | Hits | 20 |
4 | Takeaways | 4 |
15 | Shots | 26 |
0 | Power Play Goals | 0 |
1 | Power Play Opportunities | 3 |
0.0 | Power Play Percentage | 0.0 |
0 | Short Handed Goals | 0 |
0 | Shootout Goals | 0 |
39 | Faceoffs Won | 19 |
67.2 | Faceoff Win Percent | 32.8 |
11 | Giveaways | 12 |
3 | Total Penalties | 1 |
6 | Penalty Minutes | 2 |