A blizzard, daylight savings, illnesses and a puck drop time change led to a lot of uncertainty surrounding this game but Colorado Avalanche and LA Kings soldiered on to finish their weekend set of games. Hopefully fans in Colorado stuck at home tuned in for this one which provided surprising playoff type intensity plus the home team prevailed in an entertaining and convincing 4-1 victory.
The Game
Nazem Kadri had been thwarted dozens of times lately but he made his scoring chance count this time at 11:05 when he toe dragged around Kings defenseman Tobias Björnfot and got off a clean look for a snipe into the back of the net and an early first period lead.