Avalanche 5, Kings 4

Jones lifts Avalanche

Summary

 LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Keith Jones lifted a loose puck over fallen goalie Frederic Chabot with 7:05 to play, giving the Colorado Avalanche a 5-4 NHL pre-season victory Sunday night over the Los Angeles Kings.
 Los Angeles broke a 3-3 tie at 7:04 of the third period on Luc Robitaille's power-play goal. Valeri Kamensky, on his knees in the slot, answered for the Avalanche at 9:29, pushing a rebound of teammate Chris Drury's shot past Chabot, who had 24 saves.
 Don MacLean gave the Kings the lead scoring on a tip-in at 2:34 of the first period. Colorado made it 2-1 on short-handed goals by Brad Larsen and Peter Forsberg in a 14-second span just five minutes into the game, which was played at the MGM Grand Garden.
 Colorado goalie Craig Billington stopped 18 of 21 shots in 28 minutes, while reserve Marc Denis stopped all but one of 23 shots.

Summary

 First Period
 1. Los Angeles, MacLean 2 (Robitaille, Barney) 2:34
 2. Colorado, Larsen 2 (Klemm) 5:00
 3, Colorado, Forsberg 1 5:14
 Second Period
 4. Los Angeles, Moger 1 (Vopat, Robitaille) 3:26 (pp)
 5. Los Angeles, Barney 1 (Duchesne, Schmidt) 6:15
 Third Period
 6. Colorado, Klemm 1 (Drury) 2:46 (pp)
 7. Los Angeles, Robitaille 1 (Duchesne, Blanchard) 7:04 (pp)
 8. Colorado, Kamensky 1 (Lemieux, Trepanier) 9:29 (pp)
 9. Colorado, Jones 1 (Yelle) 12:55
 Shots on goal by
 Colorado 12 10 7--29
 Los Angeles 17 15 12--44
 Goal -- Colorado: Billington, Denis; Los Angeles: Chabot.
 Attendance -- 5,228.
 

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