Rapid Recap: Avalanche 2, Kings 1 (SO)

LOS ANGELES--Joonas Donskoi scored the decisive goal in the shootout to help the Colorado Avalanche wrap up its weekend in Southern California with a 2-1 win at the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday night at Staples Center.
Avs goaltender Pavel Francouz made 15 saves in regulation, five in overtime and stopped all three Los Angeles shootout attempts to earn his third straight victory. Donskoi ended the contest in the third round of the tiebreaker.
Ryan Graves tied the game in the second period for the Avalanche, and Gabriel Landeskog and Ian Cole recorded assists on Graves' marker.
Austin Wagner tallied for the Kings on a penalty shot 4:47 into the game. Jonathan Quick made 30 saves

Colorado swept its fifth back-to-back set of the year after beating the Anaheim Ducks on Friday. The club has won a season-high six straight road games.
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THE GOALS

1st Period
4:47 LAK (0-1) - PSG, Austin Wagner scored with a wrist shot on a penalty shot. He was awarded the chance after being hooked on an earlier breakaway.
2nd Period
16:35 COL (1-1) - Ryan Graves took a drop pass from Gabriel Landeskog and scored on a wrist shot while goaltender Jonathan Quick was screened.
3rd Period
No Scoring
Overtime
No Scoring
Shootout
LAK Anze Kopitar - No Goal
COL Nathan MacKinnon - No Goal
LAK Martin Frk - No Goal
COL Gabriel Landeskog - No Goal
LAK Gabriel Vilardi - No Goal
COL Joonas Donskoi - GOAL
Final: Avalanche - 2 | Kings - 1 (Shootout)

3 STARS

Selected by Los Angeles media

POWER PLAYS

Colorado: 0 for 5
Los Angeles: 0 for 2

GOALTENDING BATTLE

Colorado: Pavel Francouz started for the second straight night and made 20 saves and stopped all three Kings' shootout attempts.
Los Angeles: Jonathan Quick stopped 30-of-31 shots and made 2-of-3 saves in the shootout.

STAT OF THE NIGHT

The Avs have won a season-high six straight road games, a season best and the club's longest road win streak since Nov. 11-Dec. 2, 2018 (also six games). Colorado's six consecutive road victories is tied for the second-longest road winning stretch in franchise history and the second-longest road winning streak in the NHL this season.

NOTEBOOK

Pavel Francouz faced a penalty shot for the first time in his career (0-1) and participated in his first NHL shootout, stopping all three attempts he faced... Joonas Donskoi scored his second career game-deciding goal in a shootout and improved to 6-for-13 in the skill competition... Nathan MacKinnon (29:04) and Tyson Jost (20:47) each logged career highs in time on ice... Ian Cole notched an assist for his 21st helper of the season, matching his career high from the 2016-17 campaign with Pittsburgh... The Avalanche wrapped up its 10th of 13 back-to-backs it will play this season after winning 1-0 at the Anaheim Ducks on Friday and now has a 5-4-1 record in the second game of these sets... Colorado swept its fifth back-to-back set of the 2019-20 campaign... The Avs and Kings were meeting in the second of three games this season, and the first of two in L.A. The teams met last Saturday at the U.S. Air Force Academy in the 2020 NHL Stadium Series outdoor game… Colorado is now 1-1-0 in the season series versus L.A.... The Avalanche is now 20-9-2 away from Pepsi Center in 2019-20, tied for the second-most road victories (Tampa Bay) in the league... Colorado is 11-3-1 in its last 15 games and has collected points in 14 of its last 17 outings (11-3-3)... The Avs played a shootout game for just the second time this season, tied for the fewest of any team in the league (Tampa Bay)... The Avalanche is 8-3-1 so far in February. With three games remaining this month, the club is guarenteed to finish above .500 for the fifth month in a row.

QUOTABLE

Joonas Donskoi on his goal in the shootout: "I had an idea. I know him very well because when I played with the Sharks we played a lot against L.A. and Quick. Usually he comes out of the net a lot, so I thought maybe there is a chance to go around him. I was happy I was able to do that."

BIG HIGHLIGHT

IMAGE OF THE GAME

Donny in the shootout

ROSTER REPORT
The Avalanche recalled forward Logan O'Connor from the American Hockey League's Colorado Eagles on Saturday, and he played in his eighth NHL game of the season. O'Connor, who began the contest on a line with Vladislav Kamenev and Sheldon Dries, was skating in his first outing with the Avs since Dec. 4 at Toronto… Goaltender Pavel Francouz made his fourth start in a row and played on consecutive nights for the first time in his career… Mark Barberio was a healthy scratch.

INJURY UPDATE

Andre Burakovsky was a late scratch due to an upper-body injury… A timeline for Philipp Grubauer's return from a lower-body injury has yet to be set… Matt Calvert (lower body), Nazem Kadri (lower body) and Mikko Rantanen (upper body) all remain out for a couple weeks… Colin Wilson (lower body) is continuing his rehab after have two surgeries earlier this season and has been doing off-ice training.

UP NEXT

The Avs have three days between games before hosting the Buffalo Sabres on Military Appreciation Night on Wednesday. After that, Colorado will not go more than a day between contests for the rest of the season, as they'll play 21 contests in the final 39 days.

LINE COMBINATIONS

Based on the start of the game
Forwards
92 Gabriel Landeskog - 29 Nathan MacKinnon - 72 Joonas Donskoi
17 Tyson Jost - 37 J.T. Compher - 13 Valeri Nichushkin
83 Matt Nieto - 41 Pierre-Edouard Bellemare - 61 Martin Kaut
15 Sheldon Dries - 81 Vladislav Kamenev - 25 Logan O'Connor
Defensemen
27 Ryan Graves - 8 Cale Makar
49 Samuel Girard - 6 Erik Johnson
28 Ian Cole - 16 Nikita Zadorov
Goaltenders
39 Pavel Francouz
32 Hunter Miska