👑 Away Kings 0-0 in series
3–4
Final
COL leads 4–3
🏔️ Home Avalanche 0-0 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
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Kings at Avalanche — First Round Game 1

Avalanche, First Round Game 1, beat Kings 4–3 at Ball Arena on April 18, 2002.

🗓 Thu, Apr 18, 2002 · 21:00 CDT 📍 Ball Arena, Denver 🏒 2001-02 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 First Round — Best of 7

LAK vs COL · COL leads 4–3 Full series →
Game 1
3–4
Final · COL
Game 2
3–5
Final · COL
Game 3
1–3
Final · LAK
Game 4
1–0
Final · COL
Game 5
1–0
OT · LAK
Game 6
1–3
Final · LAK
Game 7
0–4
Final · COL

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏔️ COL
Chris Drury
2 A
3 shots · 15:54 TOI · +2
2nd star 🏔️ COL
Peter Forsberg
2 A
1 shots · 15:45 TOI · +1
3rd star 👑 LAK
Ziggy Palffy
2 G
6 shots · 22:28 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
👑LAK COL🏔️
29 Shots on goal 31
1/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3
62 Hits 60
18 Blocked shots 16
15 Takeaways 14
6 Giveaways 7
6 Penalty minutes 4
LAK shooting 10.3% (3/29) COL shooting 12.9% (4/31)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
👑Kings
Felix Potvin
27/31
.871 SV% · 4 GA · 58:38 TOI
🏔️Avalanche
Patrick Roy
26/29
.897 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Kings
Kings — tied after 1st: 45-27-10 (55% win rate, 82 games)
Avalanche
Avalanche — tied after 1st: 49-28-6 (59% win rate, 83 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Kings
Kings — tied after 2nd: 45-27-10 (55% win rate, 82 games)
Avalanche
Avalanche — tied after 2nd: 49-28-6 (59% win rate, 83 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
👑Kings
L1 Allison · Palffy · Deadmarsh 22:28
L2 Smolinski · Ronning · Bednar 14:01
L3 Eloranta · Belanger · Laperriere 12:17
L4 Johnson · Buchberger · Chartrand 10:05
D1 Schneider · Miller 25:02
D2 Boucher · Norstrom 22:07
D3 Modry · Visnovsky 12:51
🏔️Avalanche
L1 Tanguay · Sakic · Vrbata 19:44
L2 Drury · Forsberg · Keane 15:45
L3 Messier · Reinprecht · Yelle 13:21
L4 Larsen · Hahl · Hinote 6:55
D1 Foote · Blake 27:38
D2 De Vries · Kasparaitis 21:33
D3 Skoula · Muir 9:58

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Mar 21, 2002
🏔️COL @ 👑LAK
1–3 · Kings won
Mar 9, 2002
👑LAK @ 🏔️COL
3–4 · Avalanche won
Jan 28, 2002
👑LAK @ 🏔️COL
6–4 · Kings won
Jan 26, 2002
🏔️COL @ 👑LAK
4–2 · Avalanche won
May 9, 2001
👑LAK @ 🏔️COL
1–5 · Avalanche won

❓ LAK vs COL, answered

Who won Kings vs Avalanche on April 18, 2002?

Avalanche won 4–3.

What was the final score of Kings vs Avalanche?

The final score was Kings 3, Avalanche 4.

How did the Kings goalie play?

Felix Potvin made 27 saves on 31 shots (.871 save percentage).

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 26 saves on 29 shots (.897 save percentage).

Where is Kings vs Avalanche played?

At Ball Arena in Denver, the Avalanche home rink.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
👑Kings
Previous game · Apr 14
🦆ANA @ 👑LAK
0–1 · LAK won
Next game · Apr 20
👑LAK @ 🏔️COL
3–5 · COL won
🏔️Avalanche
Previous game · Apr 14
⭐DAL @ 🏔️COL
2–2 · DAL won
Next game · Apr 20
👑LAK @ 🏔️COL
3–5 · COL won
Also on April 18, 2002
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
5–2 final
🏝️NYI @ 🍁TOR
1–3 final
🪶CHI @ 🎵STL
2–1 final
Kings season page Avalanche season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule