The Colorado Avalanche and the Los Angeles Kings will meet on Tuesday night for Game Two of the Stanley Cup playoffs. Colorado took the first game 2–1 in an exciting matinee affair to open the series. Should the Avalanche secure victory Tuesday night, they’d gain a commanding two-game lead. Colorado is now up to a 79 percent chance to move on to the second-round over the Kings.
Colorado Avalanche (1–0–0)
The Avalanche let the Kings play their type of game in Game One of the series on Sunday. They appeared to be probing the Kings for vulnerabilities and plan to go all out on Tuesday. Forward Artturi Lehkonen broke open the scoring in the playoffs for the Avs with a gritty goal in the crease during the second period. The first period saw Logan O’Connor’s goal disallowed because of goaltender interference. He redeemed himself with the game-winning goal in the third period, thanks to his tenacious forecheck.
OC’s PLAYING BABY 👏 pic.twitter.com/xgVApBXDM8
— Colorado Avalanche (@Avalanche) April 19, 2026
Projected Lines
Artturi Lehkonen – Nathan MacKinnon – Martin Necas
Parker Kelly – Brock Nelson – Valeri Nichushkin
Gabriel Landeskog – Nazem Kadri – Nicolas Roy
Joel Kiviranta – Jack Drury – Logan O’Connor
Devon Toews – Cale Makar
Brett Kulak – Sam Malinski
Brent Burns – Josh Manson
Scott Wedgewood
Mackenzie Blackwood
Los Angeles Kings (0–1–0)
The Kings struggled to find any rhythm against the Avalanche throughout the entire opening game on Sunday afternoon. They appeared to be a step behind the entire game, spending most of the game in their own zone. The one standout for the Kings had to be Anton Forsberg. He stopped 30 of 32 shots on net while standing up to several breakaways. The only goal for Los Angeles came late in the third on the power play from Artemi Panarin.
Power play goal for Los Angeles!
Scored by Artemi Panarin with 02:22 remaining in the 3rd period.
Assisted by Alex Laferriere and Brandt Clarke.
Colorado: 2
Los Angeles: 1#LAKvsCOL #GoAvsGo #GoKingsGo pic.twitter.com/zH2BiZuuin— NHL Goals (@nhl_goal_bot) April 19, 2026
Projected Lines
Artemi Panarin – Anze Kopitar – Adrian Kempe
Trevor Moore – Quinton Byfield – Alex Laferriere
Joel Armia – Scott Laughton – Jared Wright
Mathieu Joseph – Samuel Helenius – Jeff Malott
Mikey Anderson – Drew Doughty
Joel Edmundson – Brandt Clarke
Brian Dumoulin – Cody Ceci
Anton Forsberg
Darcy Kuemper
Game Details
Time: 8:00 p.m. MT
Watch: Altitude, Altitude+, TNT, truTV, HBO Max, FDSNSC (LA)
Listen: Altitude Sports Radio 92.5 FM/AM 950
