The Los Angeles Kings stand up to the President’s Trophy-winning Colorado Avalanche in their playoff opener, but fall just short in a 2-1 battle. Can Artemi Panarin and Adrian Kempe turn close calls into crucial wins and extend the series? Eddie Garcia breaks down the narrow loss, with in-depth analysis on Anton Forsberg’s poise in net and the Kings possible special teams advantage. With adjustments on the horizon, the next clash with the Avalanche could decide LA’s fate in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
00:00 Kings vs. Avalanche Game 1 Recap
Breakdown of Game 1, Kings’ competitiveness, key stats, and special teams performance
12:44 Lineup & Coaching Decisions
Analysis of lineup choices, coaching moves, performance of new players, and power play discussions
22:22 Defense, Officiating & Series Outlook
Review of defensive pairs, officiating controversies, Kings’ chances in the series, and key takeaways
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29 Comments
Wait lak is allow to have a playoff match not vs oilers o.0
They played better than I thought they would…and their significant face-off edge (especially by Kopitar) will help them get chances. But they really needed Game 1. Colorado will be better prepared for Game 2.
Stand up for yourself ? Kempe punched Cale Makar in the back of the head away from the play, then cross checked him down and kept pushing him down. Maker is not a chippy player, he wasn't starting anything, never does. That was dirty moves by Kempe, and Landeskog standing up for Makar. You twisted that up all kinds of backwards
Moore needs to put a lot more effort into breakaway PLAYOFF SHOTS the most lackadaisical shot of the entire playoffs , Drew has to make that open net shot as well …. ITS THE PLAYOFFS THE LITTLE THINGS REALLY MATTER …. Team played a lot better than I thought they would they can beat this team…….gotta clean up the offense a bit and be a lot more aggressive offensively when they have the puck in the o zone
Kings fans, we cant have it both ways, if we want to claim that the Kings played well and this is some sign that they will be competitive? but we still lost, Its also possible the Avs didn't play there A game, yet still beat us? I think we need to prepare ourselves for some more lopsided loses, like 6-2 type. Not trying to be a Debbie downer, just preparing for reality to hit when it does.
officiating was trash
Eddie, Doughty didn't initiate the contact on the the AVS player, this was stated by the Kings radio broadcast. The AVS player ran into Doughty then couldn't control himself.
PUT KUZMENKO IN THE LINEUP.
Drew was flat out beat on the first goal.
Drury caused the contact by skating into Doughty. Doughty was skating backwards like he is supposed to be defending.
An aversion to having an offensive game I don’t understand it but on the defending side this is quite a team. Build on this seems to be a theme. ✨
We stayed with them, compete? Not really , created very few scoring chances and Doughty is a disaster waiting to happen every play.. Game 1 was the game to steal..
If our boys bring their A game to every game, keep the score low, stay out of the box and god level goal keeping we may have a chance to keep it close. Avs can make this ugly real fast. It will up to our boys to fight for it. One game at a time. GKG.
Just waiting for the old, slow Kings defense to get exposed by Colorado. Holland did the team no favors by signing the D men that he did. The team has one mobile defenseman in Clarke.
Jared Wright brought nothing positive to the game. I know he's a rookie but please add Kuzi to the lineup and stop delaying
It was Doughty's no look pass to the Avs crease/players when he was making his way to the net that irked me.
Eddie, Eddie, Druery made contact with Dewie. You got it backwards. Druery skated behind Dewie
Recall Andreas Lee fast physical and can score
Don’t fall into the Luc “We’re right there” mantra. The Avs didn’t have their A game and will be better game 2.
I actually did notice the hits they were hitting after every play
Played hard hockey. Looks hopeful for us when Fiala and Kuzy are back that we can be a strong team! Doughtys got to bury the puck not just deflect when the nets that open…
The Avs played their B- game. Not going to go well if you're expecting that all series.
ICE ICE ICE !! Why hasn't the organization apologized for they're racist commercial ! ???
I’ll never understand why Holland signed Corey Perry specifically for the playoffs…. and then trade him before the playoffs ??? We didn’t need a draft pick that bad and this was just a STUPID move to trade him.
First L. Sadly 3 More To Go In Kopitar Legendary Career. Why Kings Are Gonna Get Eliminated. Not Just Dedtiny Is Against The Kings Avs Are Elite Defense. Number One Overall Defense Is Gonna Be Hard Yo Score. Nesides Having MacKinnon. Anton Forsberg Solid Game. However The Second Goal He Was Deep In The Net. Solid Game Still And The Team. Worse News The Quacks Will GUARANTEED Win Game 1 To Go On To Win The Stanley Cup GUARANTEED This June God Help Is During This Hockey Apocalypse 😭😭😭😭😭 On To The Next Game In This Series. GKG
Give em hell boys!
I don’t want this series to stay close and get out coached again. Dj smith needs one game of Kings offensive dominance to get those juices flowing and ride that high especially with the underdog factor.
Plus side Kings won't get eliminated by the Oilers again
Drew’s gotta go next season if he still refuses to take a lesser role. I love and appreciate him but GODDAMN was that a COSTLY MISTAKE turning what could’ve been a 1-1 game into a loss.