All the Colorado Avalanche had to do to win the President's Trophy and the top overall seed in the Stanley Cup Playoffs was beat the lowly Los Angeles Kings on Thursday night.
So that's what they did.
Headlined by five goals in the second period, the Avalanche claimed a crucial 5-1 victory. Tyson Jost scored two of those second-period tallies, while Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, Joonas Donskoi and Andre Burakovsky got on the board as well.
Mikko Rantanen and Conor Timmins chipped in with two assists apiece.
And so Rantanen, Nathan MacKinnon and the Avalanche (83 points) jumped ahead of the Vegas Golden Knights (82 points) to win the West Division, claiming the President's Trophy and top overall seed in postseason.