Colorado Avalanche (48-28-4, 100 Pts) at Los Angeles Kings (45-24-9, 99 Pts)
Venue: crypto.com Arena
Date: Saturday, April 12
Time: 4:00 pm EST
TV: ESPN+/FDSNMW/FDSN W
Radio:
Colorado – Altitude Sports Radio 92.5 FM / 950 AM
Los Angeles – 710 ESPN
DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Colorado: +1.5 ML +160
Los Angeles: -1.5 ML -192
O/U 5.5
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Colorado Avalanche News & Notes:
The Avalanche suffered a 4-1 loss to the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday night. They are 3-2-0 in their last five games, averaging 3.6 goals per game while allowing 3.2 goals per game. They are still trying to control that third spot in the Central Division.
Los Angeles Kings News & Notes:
The Kings are 4-1-0 in April, most recently winning 6-1 against the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday. They are averaging 3.6 goals per game while allowing 1.2 goals per game. They are six points behind the Pacific Division lead with four games left in the regular season.
Colorado Avalanche Projected Lines
Kiviranta-Necas-Nichushkin
Lehkonen -Nelson-O’Connor
Wood-Coyle-Vesey
Kelly-Drury-Wagner
Toews-Makar
Girard-Malinski
Middleton-Johnson
Wedgewood
Blackwood
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Los Angeles Kings Projected Lines:
Kuzmenko-Kopitar-Kempe
Fiala-Byfield-Laferriere
Foegele-Danault-Moore
Malott-Helenius-Lewis
Anderson-Clarke
Spence-Gavrikov
Moverare-Burroughs
Kuemper
Rittich
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Players To Watch:
Colorado Avalanche
Martin Necas this season has 81 points on 27 goals and 54 assists. In 28 games with Colorado, he has 26 points on 11 goals and 15 assists. He’s faced the Kings eight times in his career, recording eight points on five goals and three assists; in his lone meeting against Los Angeles this season, he scored two goals and added an assist.
Los Angeles Kings
Adrian Kempe this season has 67 points on 33 goals and 34 assists. He’s faced the Avalanche 28 times in his career, recording 14 points on nine goals and five assists; he has two goals in one of the two games this season.
Injury Report:
Colorado Avalanche
LW Gabriel Landeskog – IR
D Tucker Poolman – IR
D Ryan Lindgren – DTD
C Ross Colton – DTD
LW Jonathan Drouin – DTD
C Nathan MacKinnon – DTD
Los Angeles Kings
F Alex Turcotte – DTD
D Drew Doughty – DTD
F Alex Turcotte – DTD
D Joel Edmundson – DTD
Next Game
Colorado – April 13 at Anaheim Ducks
Los Angeles– April 14 at Edmonton Oilers
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