It was a full-ice press. The Avalanche unleashed video-game-like, end-to-end pressure on Wednesday night in overwhelming the Los Angeles Kings 9-3 at Ball Arena.
Colorado was fresh, playing its first game since Saturday, and the Kings were completing a consecutive-night set that began Tuesday in Chicago.
The Avs wanted to skate, skate, skate, and combined with their skill, skill, skill, they took a 4-0 lead out of the first period en route to their seventh straight victory and club-record 53rd of the season.
“We came so strong,” said forward Nicolas Aube-Kubel, who scored the first and fourth goals in a period that saw the Avs chase starting Kings goalie Jonathan Quick before it even finished.