MOSCOW, Apr 14 Colorado Avalanche in the home game of the regular season of the National hockey league (NHL) defeated the “Los Angeles Kings”. The meeting, held in Denver, ended with a score of 9:3 in favor of the hosts. As part of the winners, a hat-trick was scored by Nathan McKinnon (11, 42 and 50 minutes), Nicolas Aube-Kubel (3, 11) and Valery Nichushkin (4, 47) scored doubles, and Andre Burakovsky (34) and Cale also scored goals Makar (39). The “Los Angeles” scored Adrian Kempe (22), Alex Iafallo (31) and Phillip Dano (56). Nichushkin reached the mark of 21 goals in the season. In total, the Russian has 43 (21 goals + 22 assists) points after 54 games, the current season is the most productive for the 27-year-old forward in his NHL career.Colorado (112 points, 73 games) lead in the Western Conference standings and secured a place in the NHL playoffs. “Los Angeles” is on the eighth line (88 points, 76 games). In the next match, the Avalanche will host the New Jersey Devils on April 14, and the Kings will play at home on April 16 against the Columbus Blue Jackets.
