Colorado Avalanche vs Los Angeles Kings 8-4, 1 Oct 2026

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NHL Thursday, 1 October 2026

Colorado Avalanche 3rd place · GP 2 · W 2 · PTS 4

8–4 Final

Los Angeles Kings 28th place · GP 2 · W 0 · PTS 1

VenueBall Arena CountryUnited States Kick-off1 Oct · 03:00 BST CompetitionNHL

SportsLife forecast

Made before the match

Our pick

68% Colorado Avalanche Home

32% Los Angeles Kings Away

68% 32%

Our pick Colorado Avalanche Medium confidence Correct

Colorado sits 1st with 121 points and 55 wins, Los Angeles 20th with 90 points.
Colorado form is WLWWW with recent wins like 5-2 over Winnipeg.
Los Angeles form is WWWLL and lost 3-6 to Utah and 2-4 to Vegas.

Estimated by the SportsLife model from the league table, recent form and results, last meetings and home advantage. Not betting advice.

Match stats

NHL

Colorado AvalancheLos Angeles Kings

29Shots on goal31

36%Face-off %64%

4/5Power play0/4

80%Power play %0%

13Penalty minutes15

19Hits17

15Blocked shots15

12Giveaways10

3Takeaways7

Skaters

NHL

Colorado Avalanche

Player	G	A	P	+/-	SOG	TOI
B. NelsonC	1	2	3	0	1	19:14
N. MacKinnonC	2	0	2	-2	8	17:44
A. LehkonenL	2	0	2	1	3	19:27
N. KadriC	0	2	2	1	2	17:57
P. KellyC	1	1	2	2	1	12:53
J. SchwartzL	0	2	2	-1	1	12:49
C. MakarD	0	2	2	-1	1	18:14
D. ToewsD	0	2	2	1	0	20:04

Los Angeles Kings

Player	G	A	P	+/-	SOG	TOI
A. LaferriereR	0	2	2	1	2	15:31
E. HaulaL	0	1	1	-1	3	15:26
A. PanarinL	1	0	1	-2	2	20:16
T. MooreL	1	0	1	0	2	14:56
J. ArmiaR	1	0	1	1	2	12:55
B. DumoulinD	1	0	1	-1	2	16:30
M. AndersonD	0	1	1	1	2	19:21
A. TurcotteC	0	1	1	1	1	15:35

Scoring summary

NHL

Time	Team	Scorer	Assists	Score
P1 06:33	COL	B. Nelson (PP)	J. Schwartz, N. Kadri	1–0
P1 15:14	LAK	B. Dumoulin	A. Laferriere, A. Turcotte	1–1
P1 17:58	COL	P. Kelly	J. Manson	2–1
P2 00:23	COL	N. MacKinnon (PP)	N. Kadri, C. Makar	3–1
P2 01:28	LAK	J. Armia (SH)	E. Haula, C. Ceci	3–2
P2 08:33	COL	N. MacKinnon	M. Necas, B. Burns	4–2
P2 16:01	COL	N. Roy	J. Schwartz, P. Kelly	5–2
P2 17:50	LAK	T. Moore (SH)	M. Anderson	5–3
P2 18:34	COL	A. Lehkonen (PP)	B. Nelson, D. Toews	6–3
P3 11:51	LAK	A. Panarin	D. Doughty, A. Laferriere	6–4
P3 14:03	COL	G. Landeskog	C. Makar	7–4
P3 15:06	COL	A. Lehkonen (PP)	B. Nelson, D. Toews	8–4

Goaltenders

NHL

Goalie	Team	Saves	SV%	TOI
M. Blackwood	Colorado Avalanche	27/31	0.871	60:00
D. Kuemper	Los Angeles Kings	21/29	0.724	59:25

Three stars

NHL

#	Player	Team	Pos	Line
1	N. MacKinnon	COL	C	2G 0A
2	B. Nelson	COL	C	1G 2A
3	A. Lehkonen	COL	L	2G 0A

Form and recent results

Colorado AvalancheWW

W4 OctColorado Avalanche 6–1 St. Louis Blues NHL
L26 SepUtah Mammoth 2–0 Colorado Avalanche NHL
W26 SepColorado Avalanche 5–2 Winnipeg Jets NHL
L22 SepWinnipeg Jets 3–1 Colorado Avalanche NHL
W21 SepColorado Avalanche 4–1 Utah Mammoth NHL
L30 AugDallas Stars 5–4 Colorado Avalanche NHL

Los Angeles KingsLL

L4 OctSan Jose Sharks 5–4 Los Angeles Kings NHL
W26 SepLos Angeles Kings 6–2 Anaheim Ducks NHL
W24 SepAnaheim Ducks 1–2 Los Angeles Kings NHL
L23 SepLos Angeles Kings 3–6 Utah Mammoth NHL
L20 SepLos Angeles Kings 2–4 Vegas Golden Knights NHL
W12 MarLos Angeles Kings 3–2 Ottawa Senators NHL

Last meetings

10 Mar 2020Los Angeles Kings 3–1 Colorado Avalanche NHL
23 Feb 2020Los Angeles Kings 1–2 Colorado Avalanche NHL
16 Feb 2020Colorado Avalanche 1–3 Los Angeles Kings NHL