Fresh off a comeback victory over the Ducks in overtime on Sunday, the Avalanche keep their road trip with a showdown against the Kings on Wednesday. Here are 5 things to learn heading to the game at the Staples Center:
Momentum to Los Angeles. Colorado’s dramatic 4-3 overtime triumph over Anaheim marked the 1,000th victory in Avalanche history as the franchise relocated from Quebec in 1995. More importantly, with that historical factoid apart, Mikko Rantanen’s game-winning target with 1.3 seconds to play gave Colorado its first overtime victory this season after dropping its first few chances in additional time.
The downtrodden Kings. In 6-12-1, Los Angeles is the worst record in most baseball as the Kings sit in the basement of their Western Conference. Thus, Wednesday’s a prime prospect for Colorado (10-6-4, 3rd in Central) to pick up another couple things with a triumph. The Kings spanned the team’s meetings last season, and Colorado will meet Los Angeles again on Dec. 31 and Jan. 19 at the Pepsi Center.
Mikko Rantanen, man on fire. Sunday’s score was merely the most recent highlight in a season stacked full of them for Rantanen, as he leads the NHL with 32 points and can be acting like the league’s greatest offensive threat. The 22-year-old is the Colorado player to record 30-plus points via 20 team matches since Joe Sakic and Peter Forsberg in 1996-97, and Rantanen’so on rate for 131 points this season.
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Colin Wilson’s grading. Following scoring six goals in 56 games last year, Wilson’s five times in 19 games this season, including the overtime-forcing deflection target against the Capitals on Friday. The forwards who posted a career-high 20 targets in 2014-15 together with the Predators overlooked the Ducks’ game due to a lower-body injury, and his return (still unidentified ) would be crucial to the continuing creation of Colorado’s next lineup.
J.T. Compher’s impending return. Compher is becoming close to coming again, having practiced with a non-contact jersey throughout the previous week. The forwards didn’t perform in Anaheim, however his impending return characters to give Colorado a secondary danger by the 23-year-old who had four points (and three goals) during the first five matches of the season before being sidelined by a head injury in mid-October.
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