Colorado Avalanche (2-1-0, second in the West Division) vs. Los Angeles Kings (0-1-2, eighth in the West Division)
Los Angeles; Thursday, 10 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Los Angeles comes into the matchup with Colorado as losers of three straight games.
Los Angeles finished 10-13-1 in division play and 19-13-2 at home in the 2019-20 season. The Kings scored 2.5 goals per game while allowing opponents to average 3.0 last season.
Colorado finished 42-20-8 overall and 10-8-2 in division action in the 2019-20 season. The Avalanche scored 46 power play goals on 241 power play opportunities last season.
The teams meet for the second straight game.
INJURIES: Kings: None listed.
Avalanche: Erik Johnson: out (health protocols), Pavel Francouz: day to day (lower body), Andre Burakovsky: day to day (upper body).
The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.