Colorado avalanche, two games left in the normal season, and this is good news for the Kings of Los Angeles.
Colorado’s loss of 4-1 to Vancouver on Thursday night completed a match with Dallas Stars in the first round, which means that there is nothing this weekend. It also means that Koç Jared Bednar listened to some of his best players in his match on Saturday in Los Angeles.
The kings do not have the luxury of relaxation with the four games remaining during the seasons. Los Angeles (45-24-9, 99 points), the second round of the Pacific Department and the first round match for Home Ice Edmonton (45-28-5, 95 points) took a thinner.
The kings played well last month and entered the Saturday match with 13 of the last 17 matches. The danger is looking at Colorado with a road game in Edmonton on Monday night.
Los Angeles’s fluctuation coincided with the acquisition of the left -wing player Andrei Kuzmenko from Philadelphia in the last date of trade. Kuzmenko played in the top line with Center Anze Kopitar and Right Wing Adrian Kempe and clicked on the triple. On Thursday night, Kopitar had a target and a assistant in his 6-1 win against Keyeim, and Kuzmenko and Kempe had three assists.
Hat, 18 goals and 29 assists came together in 18 games since trade.
Kuzmenko has five goals and nine assists with kings. Kempe leads Los Angeles to score 67 points (33 goals, 34 assists) and Kopitar is second (20 goals, 44 assists) with 64 points.
Player Development Director Glen Murray said, “Understanding how Grass plays played a few games. But they’re dangerous.” He said. “This man Uber is talented. He can do games all over the ice and watch. Grand’s enthusiasm for the game is just going out and going to Kempe and Kopi.”
For the avalanche (48-28-4, 100 points), the leading striker Nathan Mackinnon, who has 116 points (32 goals, 84 assists), did not play on Thursday night and will sit against Los Angeles and Anneim on Sunday night. Bednar said Mackinnon was dealing with a minor injury.
Defensemen Cale Makar, Devon Toews and Ryan Lindgren will also sit for at least one game and other senior level resting candidates.
Colorado reminded Jere Innala and Defensemen Wyatt Aamodt and Jack Ahcan on Friday. Jonathan Drouin, who missed the last four matches with a lower body injury, can play at least one of the two games this weekend.
Avalanche had the chance to pass Dallas for home ice in the first round series, but their rates were weak and rest was more important than defeating Canucks.
92 points (30 goals, 62 assists) team second in the team, “I look at the playoffs over the years,” he said. “You want to rely on your game, but you can’t look at such gains and losses.”
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