Schedule and 2001 Results
Regular Season Records: Colorado 52-16-10-4=118pts, Los Angeles 38-28-13-3=92pts
Game 1 on Thursday, 26 April: Los Angeles wins at Colorado in OT, 4-goals-3
Game 2 on Saturday, 28 April: Los Angeles loses at Colorado, 2-goals-nil
Game 3 on Monday, 30 April: Colorado wins at Los Angeles, 4-goals-3
Game 4 on Wednesday, 02 May: Colorado wins at Los Angeles, 3-goals-nil
Game 5 on Friday, 04 May: Los Angeles wins at Colorado, 1-goal-nil
Game 6 on Sunday, 06 May: Colorado loses at Los Angeles in 2OT, 1-goal-nil
Game 7 on Wednesday, 09 May: Los Angeles loses at Colorado, 5-goals-1

OVERALL SUBSTANCE: Colorado defeats Los Angeles LWWWLLW.
The LWWWLLW win of series 833 by Colorado over Los Angeles is the 2nd in NHL Qtrs-round best-of-7 series, the 5th in NHL best-of-7 series (all rounds), and the 10th in NHL, NBA, or MLB best-of-7 series.

SERIES NOTES: Game 7: Colorado defeats Los Angeles 5-goals-1 to win series 833 4-games-3; the series win improves the Colorado Avalanche best-of-7 NHL Qtrs series record to a perfect 5-0 overall (tying the 5-0 Indiana NBA Pacers for the best best-of-7 Qtrs-round series record), and to 5-0 when Game 1 is at home; the Los Angeles Kings' best-of-7 NHL Qtrs series record falls to 2-9 overall, and to 2-7 when Game 1 is on the road; the four shutouts in this 7-game series is the most in a 7-game series since best-of-7 series 77, which saw the Detroit Red Wings defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-games-3 in a 1950 NHL Semis series (five of the seven games were shutouts) . . . Game 6: Los Angeles shuts out Colorado 1-goal-nil to tie series 833 at 3-games-all; the game-winning goal was tallied by the home Kings 82:41 into the game -- in best-of-7 NHL play from 1939 through 2000, when a game was tied after 82:40 of play, the home team record was 24-37 (.393); the last three NHL teams to go WLLLWW @ VVHHVH (as the 2001 Kings have done) all won Game 7 (series 758: Edmonton in the 1998 NHL Prelim round vs. Colorado; series 780: St. Louis in the 1999 NHL Prelim round vs. Phoenix; series 810: New Jersey in the 2000 Semis round vs. Philadelphia) . . . Game 5: Los Angeles staves off elimination by shutting out the Avalanche 1-goal-nil in Colorado, thus reducing the Colorado series lead to 3-games-2; Colorado's best-of-7 Qtrs Game 5 record falls to 10-4 (9-2 at home), while L.A.'s best-of-7 Qtrs Game 5 record improves to 8-10 (4-9 on the road); from 1939 through 2000, there were 13 NHL series in which the road team won Game 5 by a shutout -- in those 13 series, the team earning the Game 5 shutout posted a 7-6 series record . . . Game 4: Colorado shuts out the Kings in Los Angeles 3-goals-nil, thereby taking a 3-games-1 lead in series 833; in best-of-7 Qtrs Game 4, Colorado improves its record to 5-0, which is the best NHL or NBA franchise record in best-of-7 Qtrs Game 4 play (both overall and on the road); in best-of-7 Qtrs Game 4, the Los Angeles record falls to 3-8 (3-6 at home) . . . Game 3: Colorado defeats Los Angeles 4-goals-3 to take a 2-games-1 series lead; Colorado thus improves its best-of-7 Qtrs Game 3 record to 2-3 (2-3 on the road), while the Los Angeles best-of-7 Qtrs Game 3 record falls to 2-9 (2-7 at home); in best-of-7 play, Colorado now sports an all-time game won-loss record of 57-32 (.640), which is the highest winning percentage of any NHL, NBA, or MLB franchise in best-of-7 play . . . Game 2: Colorado shuts out Los Angeles 2-goals-nil to tie series 833 at 1-game-all; the win improves the Colorado best-of-7 Qtrs Game 2 record to 4-1 (4-1 at home), while the loss drops the L.A. best-of-7 Qtrs Game 2 record to 4-7 (3-6 on the road) . . . Game 1: Los Angeles defeated Colorado 4-goals-3 in overtime; with 4:30 left in the third period, Colorado tied the game at 3-goals-all -- in all best-of-7 NHL playoff games from 1939 through 2000, teams leading by one goal with 4:31 left in regulation (e.g., the Kings in Game 1) had a 676-56 (.923) record, and indeed, despite the tying goal, the team in that situation did win Thursday night; Colorado's best-of-7 game record falls with the Game 1 loss to 55-32, but its resulting .632 winning percentage remains the best of any NHL, NBA, or MLB team; in best-of-7 Qtrs Games 1 at home, Colorado's game record falls to 2-3; in best-of-7 Qtrs Games 1 on the road, the Kings' game record improves to 2-7 . . . Pre-series: Best-of-7 series 833 marks the first best-of-7 format meeting between Los Angeles and Colorado; when Colorado opens a best-of-7 Qtrs series at home, its series record is 4-0; when Los Angeles opens a best-of-7 Qtrs series on the road, its series record is 2-6; Colorado has a game record of 16-6 (.727) in best-of-7 Qtrs play, and that best-of-7 Qtrs .727 winning percentage is tied with that of the 8-3 Orlando NBA Magic for highest best-of-7 Qtrs game winning percentage, NHL or NBA; in best-of-7 NHL Qtrs-round play, Colorado's home Game 1 record is 2-2 (that of the Quebec Nordiques was 1-0), while Los Angeles' road Game 1 record is 1-7; Colorado finished 26 points ahead of the Kings in the regular season -- from 1939-2000, the team finishing 26 regular season points ahead of its best-of-7 playoff opponent had a 16-0 series record (all rounds) and a 5-0 series record (Qtrs only) -- the last NHL team to finish 26 regular season points ahead of a best-of-7 playoff opponent was Colorado, in both the 1997 Prelim round vs. Chicago (in the Blackhawks' last best-of-7 NHL playoff series appearance to date) and in the 1997 Qtrs round vs. Edmonton -- in keeping with the statistics presented earlier, Colorado won both series.