👑 Away Kings 1-3 in series
1–0
Final / OT
COL leads 4–3
🏔️ Home Avalanche 3-1 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdOTF
LAK 00011
COL 00000

Kings at Avalanche — First Round Game 5

Kings, First Round Game 5, beat Avalanche 1–0 in overtime at Ball Arena on April 25, 2002.

🗓 Thu, Apr 25, 2002 · 20:30 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 👑 LAK
Craig Johnson
1 G
5 shots · 15:34 TOI · +1
2nd star 👑 LAK
Ziggy Palffy
1 A
3 shots · 24:25 TOI · +1
3rd star 👑 LAK
Jaroslav Modry
1 A
1 shots · 27:08 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

1 goal · in order
Overtime
👑 Craig Johnson Go-ahead OT · 02:19
Assists: Jaroslav Modry, Ziggy Palffy
1–0

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
👑LAK COL🏔️
23 Shots on goal 26
54 Hits 48
21 Blocked shots 13
15 Takeaways 14
6 Giveaways 9
8 Penalty minutes 6
LAK shooting 4.3% (1/23) COL shooting 0.0% (0/26)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
👑Kings
Felix Potvin Shutout
26/26
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 62:19 TOI
🏔️Avalanche
Patrick Roy
22/23
.957 SV% · 1 GA · 62:14 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Kings
Kings — tied after 1st: 46-30-10 (53% win rate, 86 games)
Avalanche
Avalanche — tied after 1st: 52-29-6 (60% win rate, 87 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Kings
Kings — tied after 2nd: 46-30-10 (53% win rate, 86 games)
Avalanche
Avalanche — tied after 2nd: 52-29-6 (60% win rate, 87 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
👑Kings
L1 Allison · Smolinski · Palffy 21:47
L2 Johnson · Eloranta · Laperriere 15:34
L3 Belanger · Emerson · Heinze 11:29
L4 Bednar · Chartrand · Buchberger 10:30
D1 Miller · Modry 28:16
D2 Schneider · Norstrom 26:14
D3 Lilja · Boucher 8:24
🏔️Avalanche
L1 Messier · Sakic · Keane 20:43
L2 Forsberg · Yelle · Drury 16:48
L3 Tanguay · Reinprecht · Vrbata 15:53
L4 Larsen · Hahl · Hinote 4:13
D1 Blake · Foote 29:42
D2 De Vries · Kasparaitis 20:21
D3 Skoula · Muir 10:34

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 23, 2002
🏔️COL @ 👑LAK
1–0 · Avalanche won
Apr 22, 2002
🏔️COL @ 👑LAK
1–3 · Kings won
Apr 20, 2002
👑LAK @ 🏔️COL
3–5 · Avalanche won
Apr 18, 2002
👑LAK @ 🏔️COL
3–4 · Avalanche won
Mar 21, 2002
🏔️COL @ 👑LAK
1–3 · Kings won

❓ LAK vs COL, answered

Who won Kings vs Avalanche on April 25, 2002?

Kings won 1–0 in overtime.

What was the final score of Kings vs Avalanche?

The final score was Kings 1, Avalanche 0, in overtime.

Who scored for Kings?

Craig Johnson.

How did the Kings goalie play?

Felix Potvin made 26 saves on 26 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 22 saves on 23 shots (.957 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 23
🏔️COL @ 👑LAK
1–0 · COL won
Next game · Apr 27
🏔️COL @ 👑LAK
1–3 · LAK won
🏔️Avalanche
Previous game · Apr 23
🏔️COL @ 👑LAK
1–0 · COL won
Next game · Apr 27
🏔️COL @ 👑LAK
1–3 · LAK won
Also on April 25, 2002
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
5–2 final
🐋VAN @ 🐙DET
0–4 final
🪶CHI @ 🎵STL
3–5 final
Kings season page Avalanche season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule