LOS ANGELES — The Kings entered Thursday night’s clash with former coach Todd McLellan’s Detroit Red Wings as winners of four of their past five games, but their 4-3 shootout loss left them still in search of their first home win of the season.
McLellan’s Motor City crew triumphed at Crypto.com Arena for its third straight win to move to 8-3-0. The Kings (5-3-4) couldn’t carry over momentum from a road trip during which they collected nine of a possible 10 points. The Kings tied for the NHL lead and set a franchise record with 31 home wins last season, but they are 0-2-2 so far this year.
Alex Laferriere scored a short-handed goal before Corey Perry and Quinton Byfield scored 40 seconds apart in the dying embers of regulation. Byfield added an assist and Kevin Fiala contributed two. Darcy Kuemper stopped 24 shots.
Trevor Moore was a last-second scratch (personal) for the Kings, who do have a seven-game point streak (4-0-3).
Alex DeBrincat scored a goal and assisted on one of two goals by Marco Kasper. Former Kings goalie Cam Talbot was resplendent in net with 35 saves.
Mason Raymond scored for Detroit in the shootout and was the only shooter to convert.
In overtime, Adrian Kempe nearly scored and soon after Byfield drew a penalty with 2:01 left in the extra session.
That appeared to set the stage for Anže Kopitar to set up Fiala for a game-winner, but his follow-up goal was nullified upon review for goalie interference.
The final frame began auspiciously for the Kings, who drew a pair of penalties 1:50 apart and sustained pressure during the first of their two consecutive power plays, though they failed to score on either opportunity.
With 8:21 to play, Quinton Byfield found an activated Brandt Clarke at the net front for a redirection, but Talbot was once again up to the task.
With 5:15 remaining, Detroit scored what figured to be the dagger when DeBrincat made a gorgeous diagonal pass to Mason Appleton, whose pass in tight spoonfed Kasper his second goal of the night and third of the season.
Two minutes later, Perry scored his fourth goal in the past five games. With Kuemper pulled, the Kings won a draw and generated a rebound that Perry tucked home.
Just 40 ticks elapsed before Byfield sent in a game-tying wrister from the slot.
More than half the game had passed without a goal, but the Kings knocked loudly on the door and then broke it down, only to give up an equalizer 43 seconds later and fall behind before the conclusion of the second period.
Kempe’s toe-drag move off the rush gave him prime position and a good shooting angle, but Talbot’s perfectly placed glove ensnared the puck. Byfield hit the post and created a juicy rebound soon after, but the game remained scoreless.
That was until the Kings struck shorthanded after Fiala’s offensive-zone infraction. Cody Ceci and Byfield teamed up on a takeaway that sent Laferriere ahead with speed. He won an open-ice puck battle with Emmitt Finnie and then lofted a fluttering backhand that squeaked through Talbot’s six hole.
The Wings knotted the score with DeBrincat’s third goal in three games, as the former Chicago Blackhawk rifled in a one-timer from low in the left circle before Fiala’s penalty expired.
Talbot stoned Byfield on a breakaway and soon after Detroit took its first lead of the night. Axel Sandin-Pellikka walked the blue line and flicked a shot that Kasper tipped home with 4:14 showing on the second-period clock for Detroit’s second power-play tally.
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McLellan’s Motor City crew triumphed at Crypto.com Arena for its third straight win to move to 8-3-0. The Kings (5-3-4) couldn’t carry over momentum from a road trip during which they collected nine of a possible 10 points. The Kings tied for the NHL lead and set a franchise record with 31 home wins last season, but they are 0-2-2 so far this year.
Alex Laferriere scored a short-handed goal before Corey Perry and Quinton Byfield scored 40 seconds apart in the dying embers of regulation. Byfield added an assist and Kevin Fiala contributed two. Darcy Kuemper stopped 24 shots.
Trevor Moore was a last-second scratch (personal) for the Kings, who do have a seven-game point streak (4-0-3).
Alex DeBrincat scored a goal and assisted on one of two goals by Marco Kasper. Former Kings goalie Cam Talbot was resplendent in net with 35 saves.
Mason Raymond scored for Detroit in the shootout and was the only shooter to convert.
In overtime, Adrian Kempe nearly scored and soon after Byfield drew a penalty with 2:01 left in the extra session.
That appeared to set the stage for Anže Kopitar to set up Fiala for a game-winner, but his follow-up goal was nullified upon review for goalie interference.
The final frame began auspiciously for the Kings, who drew a pair of penalties 1:50 apart and sustained pressure during the first of their two consecutive power plays, though they failed to score on either opportunity.
With 8:21 to play, Quinton Byfield found an activated Brandt Clarke at the net front for a redirection, but Talbot was once again up to the task.
With 5:15 remaining, Detroit scored what figured to be the dagger when DeBrincat made a gorgeous diagonal pass to Mason Appleton, whose pass in tight spoonfed Kasper his second goal of the night and third of the season.
Two minutes later, Perry scored his fourth goal in the past five games. With Kuemper pulled, the Kings won a draw and generated a rebound that Perry tucked home.
Just 40 ticks elapsed before Byfield sent in a game-tying wrister from the slot.
More than half the game had passed without a goal, but the Kings knocked loudly on the door and then broke it down, only to give up an equalizer 43 seconds later and fall behind before the conclusion of the second period.
Kempe’s toe-drag move off the rush gave him prime position and a good shooting angle, but Talbot’s perfectly placed glove ensnared the puck. Byfield hit the post and created a juicy rebound soon after, but the game remained scoreless.
That was until the Kings struck shorthanded after Fiala’s offensive-zone infraction. Cody Ceci and Byfield teamed up on a takeaway that sent Laferriere ahead with speed. He won an open-ice puck battle with Emmitt Finnie and then lofted a fluttering backhand that squeaked through Talbot’s six hole.
The Wings knotted the score with DeBrincat’s third goal in three games, as the former Chicago Blackhawk rifled in a one-timer from low in the left circle before Fiala’s penalty expired.
Talbot stoned Byfield on a breakaway and soon after Detroit took its first lead of the night. Axel Sandin-Pellikka walked the blue line and flicked a shot that Kasper tipped home with 4:14 showing on the second-period clock for Detroit’s second power-play tally.
More to come on this story.
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