Kopitar hits four to thrash Avalanche

It

was a legacy performance, one of the greatest statement games in the NHL this season.

Anze Kopitar scored four goals on Thursday night in a 7-1 victory over the Colorado Avalanche while matched against fellow MVP candidate Nathan MacKinnon in the biggest game of the season to date for the Kings, on a difficult trip that Kopitar steered right into Kings history.

“I just felt all night that the puck was kind of following me around,” Kopitar said. (Los Angeles Times)