1–6

Final

🏔️ Home Avalanche 16-9-11 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
LAK	1	0	0	1
COL	1	2	3	6

Kings at Avalanche

Avalanche beat Kings 6–1 at Ball Arena on December 29, 2002.

🗓 Sun, Dec 29, 2002 · 17:00 CST 📍 Ball Arena, Denver 🏒 2002-03 🔁 Avalanche lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🏔️ COL

Peter Forsberg

3 G

6 shots · 17:27 TOI · +1

2nd star 🏔️ COL

Dean McAmmond

1 G, 2 A

2 shots · 15:35 TOI · +2

3rd star 🏔️ COL

Milan Hejduk

3 A

3 shots · 19:05 TOI · +2

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order

1st period

👑 Ziggy Palffy PP Go-ahead 1st · 04:17

Assists: Mathieu Schneider, Michael Cammalleri · beat Patrick Roy

1–0

🏔️ Peter Forsberg PP Tying 1st · 19:35

Assists: Milan Hejduk, Alex Tanguay · beat Felix Potvin

1–1

2nd period

🏔️ Radim Vrbata PP Go-ahead 2nd · 03:47

Assists: Steve Reinprecht, Dean McAmmond · beat Felix Potvin

1–2

🏔️ Dean McAmmond 2nd · 14:26

Assists: Steve Reinprecht, Milan Hejduk · beat Felix Potvin

1–3

3rd period

🏔️ Peter Forsberg PP 3rd · 02:42

Assists: Milan Hejduk, Rob Blake · beat Felix Potvin

1–4

🏔️ Peter Forsberg 3rd · 06:26

Assists: Derek Morris, Greg De Vries · beat Felix Potvin

1–5

🏔️ Alex Tanguay 3rd · 15:14

Assists: Martin Skoula, Dean McAmmond · beat Felix Potvin

1–6

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

👑LAK COL🏔️

29 Shots on goal 29

1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 3/5

4 Hits 11

10 Penalty minutes 6

LAK shooting 3.4% (1/29) COL shooting 20.7% (6/29)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

👑Kings

Felix Potvin

23/29

.793 SV% · 6 GA · 60:00 TOI

🏔️Avalanche

Patrick Roy

28/29

.966 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–1

Kings

Kings — tied after 1st: 19-12-4 (54% win rate, 35 games)

Avalanche

Avalanche — tied after 1st: 16-9-11 (44% win rate, 36 games)

After 2nd — 1–3

Kings

Kings: no games found in this situation this year.

Avalanche

Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

👑Kings

L1 Cammalleri · Armstrong · Palffy 17:55

L2 Johnson · Chartrand · Laperriere 15:37

L3 Eloranta · Kelly · Aulin 13:21

L4 Brennan · Smithson 9:53

D1 Schneider · Yushkevich 22:48

D2 Modry · Corvo 19:32

D3 Norstrom · Mcalpine 15:18

D4 Norton 5:50

🏔️Avalanche

L1 Tanguay · Reinprecht · Hejduk 19:05

L2 Messier · Forsberg · Keane 17:45

L3 McAmmond · Hahl · Hinote 15:35

L4 Stephens · Nedorost · Vrbata 6:49

D1 De Vries · Morris 22:37

D2 Blake · Skoula 21:21

D3 Foote · Muir 16:02

⚔️ Last meetings

Avalanche lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →

❓ LAK vs COL, answered

Who won Kings vs Avalanche on December 29, 2002?

Avalanche won 6–1.

What was the final score of Kings vs Avalanche?

The final score was Kings 1, Avalanche 6.

Who scored for Kings?

Ziggy Palffy.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Peter Forsberg (3), Alex Tanguay, Dean McAmmond, Radim Vrbata.

How did the Kings goalie play?

Felix Potvin made 23 saves on 29 shots (.793 save percentage).

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 28 saves on 29 shots (.966 save percentage).

Where is Kings vs Avalanche played?

At Ball Arena in Denver, the Avalanche home rink.

What is the Kings vs Avalanche season series?

Avalanche lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

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 · Dec 26

🏔️Avalanche

Previous game · Dec 27

Also on December 29, 2002

Kings season page Avalanche season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule