Rantanen, Makar lead Avalanche past Kings Mikko Rantanen scored his 30th goal of the season, Cale Makar had a goal and an assist and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Los Angeles Kings 3-2 on Friday night. The Canadian Press VIDEO SIGN OUT LOS ANGELES — Mikko Rantanen scored his 30th goal of the season, Cale Makar had a goal and an assist and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Los Angeles Kings 3-2 on Friday night. Tyson Jost also scored, Philipp Grubauer made 15 saves and the Avalanche remained four points behind the Vegas Golden Knights for first in the West Division. “I thought our competitiveness and our work ethic and our forechecking, getting back above pucks, all those things we’ve been talking about, we did a nice job,” Avalanche coach Jared Bednar said. “We weren’t perfect but it was a real good step in the right direction here with still four games to go so I liked the way we played tonight a lot.”