The Los Angeles Kings and Colorado Avalanche meet Monday at Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado. Puck drop is scheduled for 9 p.m. ET.

LAS VEGAS — It was such a crazy Saturday night in Sin City, the Colorado Avalanche finally won a shootout. Nathan MacKinnon scored the deciding goal to give Colorado a 6-5 victory at T-Mobile Arena against the Vegas Golden Knights. It was the first shootout win in five tries this season for the league-leading Avs.

LAS VEGAS — Vegas Golden Knights were defeated by the Colorado Avalanche, 6-5, at T-Mobile Arena on December 27, 2025.

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Formula 1 might be getting rid of Drag Reduction System, but the Avalanche showed everyone its DRS button still works just fine.

A recent thaw-freeze cycle, coupled with the high chance of a snowstorm, is making the avalanche danger jump from a level 1 to a level 3 this weekend, according to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center.

Landeskog scored his 10th and 11th goals of the playoffs… Francouz made his Stanley Cup Final debut… With two assists each, Cale Makar and Mikko Rantanen are tied with the most among the Avalanche at

If you want to build on something, go in and beat the best team in the league in their building,” Kings coach Jim Hiller said. “That’s a big challenge.”

The Colorado Avalanche went into the holiday hiatus with a low-scoring victory and came out of it with a shootout in Las Vegas.

There is no shortage of ways to describe the historical dominance of the Colorado Avalanche so far this season. The Avs secured the most points before the holiday break (which began in 1972), starting the season with a ludicrous 27-2-7 record.