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The Kings scored four times in the second period, gave up four in the third, and finally won at Crypto.com Arena on Quinton Byfield’s overtime goal. Brandt Clarke left after a boarding major.
The Kings have scored once in each of their three home losses. Ottawa arrives without Linus Ullmark, and Drew Doughty and Corey Perry are day-to-day.
The Kings had a 1-1 game in the third period again and lost it again. Peter Laviolette said the record could be a lot different if they closed out third periods.
Four defensemen scored and Drew Doughty passed Dustin Brown on the Kings’ points list as Los Angeles beat the Rangers 6-3. The trip ends tonight in Chicago.
The 2-5-2 Kings visit a Rangers team perfect at home but leaky lately. Peter Laviolette wants offense beyond the top line, and Quinton Byfield is back practicing in a non-contact jersey.
Brandt Clarke roofed the winner 2:43 into overtime, Artemi Panarin scored twice and Darcy Kuemper stopped 41 of 43 as the Kings won their second straight. Quinton Byfield missed the game.
Down 2-0 late in the first, the Kings scored twice in 31 seconds and beat Washington 5-2 for their first win. Erik Gustafsson scored the winner; Quinton Byfield left with an upper-body injury.
Game day in Washington: the 0-4-2 Kings face a Capitals team that is 4-1 at home. Practice lines, Quinton Byfield’s plan, the goalie question and the penalty-kill problem.
The NHL’s only winless team starts a five-game trip Tuesday at Washington. Zach Dooley calls it potentially direction-defining, and Mats Zuccarello is traveling.
Alex Laferriere scored 31 seconds in, but Marat Khusnutdinov broke a third-period tie and Boston beat the winless Kings 4-1 before LA’s five-game trip.