Necas Scores Twice As Avs Shutout Kings 4-0, Extend Home Win Streak to 11 Games

Extending the Streak

The Avalanche defeated the Los Angeles Kings 4-0 at Ball Arena on Thursday and won their 11th-consecutive home game. Martin Necas scored twice and posted an assist while Logan O'Connor and Jonathan Drouin each lit the lamp once. Cale Makar posted two assists and now has 84 points. In net for Colorado, Mackenzie Blackwood stopped all 22 shots he faced and recorded his fourth shutout of the season.

"I didn't think we had many lapses in there," Avalanche Head Coach Jared Bednar said. "[It was a] really good defensive effort right from the drop of the puck. We did a nice job suppressing chances, dangerous chances especially."

With the win, the Avalanche improved to 45-25-3.

How It Happened

O'Connor opened the scoring at 5:25 of the second period with his ninth goal of the season and 100th-career point via a shot from the slot set up by Makar's backhand feed.

"Obviously he's one of my great friends on the team," Makar said about O'Connor, later adding, "he's a special guy because he works so hard day in [and] day out. So to see a guy get rewarded on nights like this, it's good."

After the game, O'Connor reciprocated the praise towards Makar.

"I'm very fortunate to be best buddies with Cale," O'Connor said about Makar. "Especially being from Calgary [and having] that connection as well. Anytime you're on the ice with him, good things are gonna happen if you put the puck in his hands. He made a great escape move up top and then his deceptive play downhill there. So it's definitely awesome to have him assist on that one."

Necas doubled Colorado's lead at 6:57 of the second period with his 25th goal of the season when he took the puck from below the goal line, moved it to his backhand and scored from the right doorstep.

The Avs took a 3-0 lead on the power play at 15:29 of the middle frame when Necas scored his second goal of the game and 26th of the season via a left-circle one-timer.

Drouin gave the Avs a 4-0 lead at 4:56 of the third period on the power play with his 11th goal of the season via a right-circle one-timer set up by Nathan MacKinnon's feed. With the secondary helper on the goal, Necas posted the 200th assist of his career. MacKinnon extended his home point streak to 23 games, which is the longest in the NHL this season.

Next Up

The Avalanche continue their homestand against the St. Louis Blues on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. MT on Altitude and Altitude+.