{"id":21074,"date":"2017-02-02T07:44:16","date_gmt":"2017-02-02T07:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=21074"},"modified":"2017-02-02T07:44:16","modified_gmt":"2017-02-02T07:44:16","slug":"carter-leads-surging-la-kings-5-0-rout-woeful-avalanche","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/nhl\/carter-leads-surging-la-kings-5-0-rout-woeful-avalanche.html","title":{"rendered":"Carter leads surging LA Kings’ 5-0 rout of woeful Avalanche"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Carter leads surging LA Kings’ 5-0 rout of woeful Avalanche<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Carter leads surging LA Kings’ 5-0 rout of woeful Avalanche:-<\/strong> Jeff Carter scored two goals and Peter Budaj earned his sixth shutout of the season in the Los Angeles Kings’ fourth consecutive victory, 5-0 over the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday night.<\/span><\/p>\n

Marian Gaborik also scored during Los Angeles’ three-goal first period, and Dustin Brown and Dwight King added third-period goals in the Kings’ first win over the Avalanche in four tries.<\/span><\/p>\n

Budaj made 22 saves in the longtime Avalanche goalie’s 17th career shutout for Los Angeles, which has ramped up its playoff push with back-to-back victories after hosting the All-Star Game.<\/span><\/p>\n

Spencer Martin stopped 35 shots in the 21-year-old prospect’s third NHL appearance for the league-worst Avalanche, who have lost nine straight and 19 of 21.<\/span><\/p>\n

The break did little for Colorado, which struggled through back-to-back blowout losses in Southern California by a combined 10-1.<\/span><\/p>\n

Carter secured the eighth 25-goal season of his 12-year NHL career with his first goal. The power forward is responsible for a higher percentage of his team’s goals than any NHL player this season, but his low-scoring teammates gave him plenty of support this time.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Kings scored just 47 seconds into their first home game since Sunday’s All-Star Game at Staples Center.<\/span><\/p>\n

Gaborik got his sixth goal of the season after a shot by captain Anze Kopitar, whose slow-starting season is heating up. The Slovenian center has 15 points in his last 13 games after managing just 16 points in his first 32 games this season.<\/span><\/p>\n

Brown scored on a deflection of a shot by defenseman Kevin Gravel, who got his first point in 19 games since Dec. 10. King then ended his 26-game goal drought since Dec. 1 from well behind Colorado’s net, getting a wacky deflection off Eric Gelinas’ skate.<\/span><\/p>\n

Avalanche forward Rene Bourque left in the opening minutes after receiving a heavy hit near the benches from Los Angeles defenseman Brayden McNabb, who wasn’t penalized for the hit. John Mitchell got an instigator penalty for starting an ensuing fight with McNabb.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kings forward Jordan Nolan then went to the dressing room in the second period with a lower-body injury.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nhl\/2017\/02\/02\/carter-leads-surging-la-kings-5-0-rout-of-woeful-avalanche\/97386844\/<\/span><\/div>\n

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