Toews' Late Dagger Sinks Kings in Smith's Debut

Colorado storms into Crypto.com Arena and lights the fuse early, with MacKinnon and Landeskog trading one-timers like it's old times on that top line. The Kings claw back with Clarke's power-play bomb and a shocker from debutant Booth, but Toews ghosts the slot late to flip the script. Necas polishes it off empty-net as LA stumbles in D.J. Smith's first dance behind the bench, testing whether this interim fix can steady a squad already 17 points back of the Avs' league-best mark.