Colorado Avalanche left wing Artturi Lehkonen, left, shoots the puck past Kings center Anze Kopitar, center, and goaltender Darcy Kuemper for a goal during the first period on Wednesday night in Denver. Colorado won, 4-2. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

The Los Angeles Kings put together one of their finest periods of hockey against the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday. Then, they called it a night. In a period where the Kings outshot (9-5) and out-attempted (11-7) the Avalanche,

Nathan MacKinnon had three assists to extend his season-opening home point streak to 11 games (five goals, 20 assists) for the Avalanche (9-8-0), who have won three straight. Artturi Lehkonen had a goal and an assist, and Alexandar Georgiev made 12 saves.

Los Angeles Kings goaltender Darcy Kuemper went down with an injury this week, which is a problem since he’s been an important part of the team’s early success.