Kings can’t keep up with league-leading Avalanche – Orange County Register

DENVER — The Kings took the ice in Colorado and came away with the same realization the rest of the NHL has faced this season – the Colorado Avalanche are practically unbeatable on their home ice.

Nathan MacKinnon scored the 399th goal of his career, Brock Nelson had a goal and an assist, and the surging Avalanche won their eighth game in a row, beating the Kings, 5-2, on Monday night.

MacKinnon added an assist to go with his NHL-leading 32nd goal this season. Jack Drury, Cale Makar and Martin Necas also scored for the league-leading Avalanche, who have won 14 consecutive games at home.

Colorado has points in 28 of its last 29 games and is 10-0-1 in its last 11 to continue its historic start to the season. Colorado reached 65 points in 38 games, second fastest all-time to the 1929-30 Boston Bruins.

Corey Perry scored and Joel Armia added a short-handed goal for the Kings, who have lost seven of nine.

Drury opened the scoring midway through the first period and Perry tied it with a power-play goal 5:15 into the second period.

Necas put Colorado back in front later in the second when he tapped in a puck that was sitting on the goal line. Nelson’s snap shot beat Anton Forsberg over his left shoulder with 2:30 left in the second.

Forsberg finished with 21 saves for the Kings.

Avalanche goaltender Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 23 shots, including a save on Adrian Kempe’s short-handed breakaway late in the second period.

He couldn’t stop Armia, who skated the length of the ice and scored through the pads during a Colorado power play.

It was the NHL-leading seventh short-handed goal of the season for the Kings.

Forsberg came off for an extra skater with 2:26 remaining and MacKinnon scored an empty-netter with 1:37 remaining. Makar added another goal with 45 seconds to go to seal it.

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The Kings host Tampa Bay on Thursday. at 4 p.m.

More to come on this story.

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