Oilers downed by Kings in L.A.
LOS ANGELES — Paul LaDue scored the tiebreaking goal on a power play with 5:27 remaining and the Los Angeles Kings pulled away late in a 5-2 win against the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday night.
Darcy Kuemper made 25 saves for his fourth straight win, although his shutout streak ended at 193:58 — the second-longest in Los Angeles history behind Jonathan Quick’s mark of 202:11 in October 2011.
Adrian Kempe and Kyle Clifford also scored for the Kings, who are 5-2-0 after losing six in a row.
Drew Doughty got his 300th NHL assist and 400th career point for Los Angeles. Current general manager Rob Blake is the only other defenceman in franchise history to reach both milestones.
Connor McDavid scored for the third straight game and Leon Draisaitl had a power-play goal for the Oilers, who failed to earn a point for the second time in their past eight games (5-2-1). Cam Talbot made 23 saves.
LaDue put the Kings back in front 3-2 at 14:33 of the third period with his second NHL goal. Edmonton challenged for goaltender interference, but the play stood as called.
Alex Iafallo and Anze Kopitar added emptynet goals.
McDavid tied it 2-2 at 10:20 of the second by beating Kuemper between his legs, giving him seven goals in his last three games.
Draisaitl cut Edmonton’s deficit to 2-1 at 3:28 of the second, scoring the first goal Kuemper allowed after stopping 85 straight shots.
The Oilers visit the Anaheim Ducks on Friday.
MAPLE LEAFS 3, PREDATORS 2 (SO)
TORONTO — James van Riemsdyk scored in regulation and again in the seventh round of a shootout in Toronto’s win over Nashville.
Kasperi Kapanen also scored in regulation to help the Maple Leafs win for the sixth time in seven games. Frederik Andersen made 44 saves to improve to 7-1-0 against Nashville.
Colton Sissons and Viktor Arvidsson scored for the Predators, and Pekka Rinne stopped 30 shots.
BRUINS 6, RANGERS 1
NEW YORK — Riley Nash and Zdeno Chara scored first-period goals and Patrice Bergeron added two in the second to help the surging Boston Bruins swamp the New York Rangers 6-1 on Wednesday night.