LOS ANGELES — Avalanche goalie Pavel Francouz continued to shine Saturday night at Staples Center, allowing one goal or less through regulation for the third consecutive game. He spearheaded a 2-for-2 penalty killing performance — including a 4-on-3 disadvantage in overtime — and stopped all three shots in the shootout in leading Colorado to a sweep of its two-game trip in Southern California.
Winger Joonas Donskoi scored the only goal in the shootout, beating goalie Jonathan Quick with a patient pull-back move in the third round to give the Avs a 2-1 triumph against the Los Angeles Kings — who upset the Avs a week earlier in the NHL Stadium Series game at the Air Force Academy.