Cale Makar scored the tiebreaking goal, Scott Wedgewood made 24 saves and the top-seeded Colorado Avalanche moved to the brink of the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs with a 4-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings in Game 3 of their first-round series.

The Sabres haven’t been able to push the Bruins around on the ice.

Viktor Arvidsson had two goals for the second straight game, Adrian Kempe also scored twice and the Los Angeles Kings extended their point streak to a franchise-record 12 games in a 7-6 win over the St. Louis Blues.

The Los Angeles Kings rebounded from back-to-back blowout losses to even their first-round playoff series with a 4-0 victory over the Edmonton Oilers in Game 4.

The Los Angeles Kings raised the Stanley Cup for the second time in June 2014.

Los Angeles Kings goaltender Cal Petersen made 18 saves as the United States beat Kazakhstan 3-0 to improve to 2-1 at the IIHF world hockey championship.