Avalanche win in overtime
- The Colorado Avalanche beat the Los Angeles Kings 2–1 in overtime in Game 2 at Ball Arena. (denverpost.com) - That result came in an April 21 game that pushed the series into a tighter competitive spot. (denverpost.com) - The playoff slate is producing close games and rivalry heat as networks like TNT and truTV add new national windows. (sportico.com)
Colorado tied the series’ tone to one bounce in overtime, beating Los Angeles 2-1 in Game 2 on April 21 at Ball Arena. (nhl.com) Nicolas Roy scored at 7:44 of overtime after cleaning up a Josh Manson shot in a crease scramble, and Scott Wedgewood stopped 24 shots for Colorado. (nhl.com) The Kings led 1-0 after Artemi Panarin scored a power-play goal at 13:04 of the third period, but Gabriel Landeskog tied it with 3:35 left off a Martin Necas pass. (nhl.com) Wedgewood’s biggest stop came earlier, when he denied Quinton Byfield on a penalty shot at 3:12 of the second period and kept the game scoreless. (nhl.com) The result sent Colorado to Los Angeles with a 2-0 lead in a series that has turned into the kind of low-scoring matchup the Kings prefer. Denver Post columnist Sean Keeler wrote that Los Angeles has been “winning on special teams,” but Colorado still left Denver up two games. (denverpost.com) That shape matters because Colorado entered the postseason as the Presidents’ Trophy winner and No. 1 seed in the Western Conference, while the Kings have kept both opening games to one-goal margins. (nhl.com) The series is also part of a broader television push around the playoffs. TNT Sports said its first-round coverage would run across TNT, TBS, truTV and HBO Max, with up to 49 playoff games on TNT and TBS combined. (press.wbd.com) truTV’s playoff schedule listed Avalanche-Kings Game 3 for Thursday, April 23, at 10 p.m. Eastern in Los Angeles, giving the series a new national window as it shifts to Crypto.com Arena. (trutv.com) For Los Angeles, the margin is now thin but familiar: the Kings dropped their first two games in Denver by a combined two goals. For Colorado, the opening formula has been simple — one timely save, one late equalizer, one overtime finish. (nhl.com)
