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Game Thread – Kings vs. Avalanche, 5/8

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Los Angeles Kings 2, Colorado Avalanche 3
9:33 Left, Third Period
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SOG: LAK – 16 COL – 30
PP: LAK – 1/2 COL – 1/3

First Period
1. COL – Devon Toews (8) – (Andre Burakovsky, J.T. Compher) – 4:46
2. COL – Cale Makar (8) – (Mikko Rantanen, Andre Burakovsky) – 10:31 (PP)
3. LAK – Sean Walker (4) – (Gabriel Vilardi, Alex Iafallo) – 13:58

Second Period
4. COL – Devon Toews (9) – (Cale Makar, Pierre-Edouard Bellemare) – 9:45

Third Period
5. LAK – Rasmus Kupari (1) – (Lias Andersson, Sean Walker) – 5:21 (PP)

Saturday, May 8, 2021 – 7:00 p.m. PT
STAPLES Center – Los Angeles, CA
Referees: #18 Tom Chmielewski, #37 Pierre Lambert
Linesmen: #67 Travis Gawryletz, #74 Trent Knorr
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LAK Starters: G Cal Petersen, D Mikey Anderson, Drew Doughty, F Adrian Kempe, Anze Kopitar, Andreas Athanasiou
LAK Scratches: Dustin Brown, Blake Lizotte, Matt Luff, Kurtis MacDermid, Jonathan Quick, Christian Wolanin
COL Starters: G Jonas Johansson, D Devon Toews, Cale Makar, F Gabriel Landeskog, Tyson Jost, Mikko Rantanen
COL Scratches: Devin Dubnyk, Samuel Girard, Nathan MacKinnon, Liam O’Brien, Brandon Saad, Carl Soderberg

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