Kings blow past Blackhawks as Kopitar scores two goals
Anze Kopitar had two goals and an assist, Cam Talbot made 22 saves and the Kings defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 6-2 on Tuesday night.
Alex Laferriere, Vladislav Gavrikov, Phillip Danault and Trevor Lewis also scored. Adrian Kempe had three assists and the Kings followed up their 5-0 win in Chicago on Friday with another big victory.
Nick Foligno and Kevin Korchinski scored and Petr Mrazek made 18 saves for the Blackhawks, who have lost 24 of their last 25 road games.
The teams traded goals in the first period. That was far different from Friday’s game, when the Kings built a four-goal lead in the opening 20 minutes in Chicago.
Laferriere attacked the crease and put in Blake Lizotte’s rebound with 7:57 left in the period. Los Angeles gave back the advantage after an uncharacteristic mistake from its penalty kill.
LOS ANGELES » THE SCORE
KINGS 6, BLACKHAWKS 2
Wild at Kings, today, 7 p.m., TNT, MAX
The Blackhawks got a two-man advantage when Kempe put the puck over the glass seven seconds into a power play. Foligno cashed in when Phillip Kurashev’s pass went in off his shin, tying the score at 1 with 5:33
SUMMARY
Chicago Kings
First Period:
1, Kings, Laferriere 11 (Dubois, Lizotte), 12:03. 2, Chicago, Foligno 16 (Jones, Kurashev), 14:27 (pp). Penalties: Roy, LA (Interference), 14:07. Kempe, LA (Delay of Game), 14:14. Byfield, LA (Interference), 19:17.
Second Period:
3, Kings, Gavrikov 5 (Kempe, Kopitar), 9:32. 4, Kings, Kopitar 21 (Kempe), 11:52. 5, Kings, Kopitar 22 (Kempe, Fiala), 19:08 (pp). Penalties: Bedard, CHI (Tripping), 17:54.
6, Kings, Danault 16 (Moore, Fiala), 5:47. 7, Chicago, Korchinski 5 (Bedard, Kurashev), 14:16. 8, Los Angeles, Lewis 8 (Dubois, Gavrikov), 17:10. Penalties: Turcotte, LA (Tripping), 6:29.
Chicago 5-9-10: 24. Kings 6-11-7: 24;
Chicago 1 of 4. Kings
1 of 1; Chicago, Mrazek 15-26-4 (24 shots18 saves). Kings, Talbot 21-16-6 (24-22); 18,145 (18,230); 2:23.
Third Period: Shots on goal:
Power-play opportunities:
Goalies:
T: 1 1 0 3 1 2
A: — — 2 6
to go.
The Kings got going in the second, with Gavrikov putting them back in front 2-1 at 9:32 and Kopitar finding the net twice to stretch the lead to 4-1.
Kopitar has four goals and an assist in two games against Chicago.
Blackhawks forward Colin Blackwell sustained an apparent shoulder injury on a check from Kevin Fiala with 8:36 left in the third and did not return.
WESTERN CONFERENCE
PACIFIC DIVISION
Vancouver Edmonton Kings Vegas Calgary Seattle Ducks
San Jose
Winnipeg Colorado Dallas Nashville Minnesota St. Louis Arizona Chicago
GP W
69 66 68 68 68 67 69 68
CENTRAL DIVISION
GP W
68 69 69 69 69 69 68 69
Tuesday’s results
43 41 35 36 33 28 23 16 44 44 41 40 34 36 28 19
L OT Pts
18 21 22 25 30 27 43 45 8 4 11 7 5 12 3 7 94 86 81 79 71 68 49 39
L OT Pts
19 20 19 25 27 30 35 45 5 5 9 4 8 3 5 5
Kings 6, Chicago 2 Minnesota 4, Ducks 0 Detroit 4, Columbus 3, OT New Jersey 5, Pittsburgh 2 Philadelphia 4, Toronto 3 Winnipeg 4, N.Y. Rangers 2 Boston 6, Ottawa 2
Carolina 4, N.Y. Islanders 1 Colorado 4, St. Louis 3 Nashville 8, San Jose 2 Edmonton 3, Montreal 2, OT Tampa Bay 5, Vegas 3 Vancouver 3, Buffalo 2 93 93 91 84 76 75 61 43
GF
241 186 234 187 210 180 219 205 213 220 182 196 171 252 150 276
GF
GA
GA
214 160 258 207 251 210 227 206 216 219 197 209 201 224 152 248
EASTERN CONFERENCE
ATLANTIC DIVISION
Boston Florida Toronto Tampa Bay Detroit Buffalo Montreal Ottawa
METROPOLITAN DIVISION
N.Y. Rangers Carolina Philadelphia Washington N.Y. Islanders New Jersey Pittsburgh Columbus
GP W
70 41 14 68 45 19 67 38 20 68 37 25 69 35 28 70 33 32 68 25 31 67 28 35
GP W
69 69 69 67 68 69 68 69
Today’s games
94 231 189 92 236 185 78 206 211 75 181 208 73 203 226 70 225 238 69 199 204 58 202 250
Toronto at Washington, 4:30 p.m. Arizona at Dallas, 5 p.m. Minnesota at Kings, 7 p.m.
Thursday’s games
45 43 35 33 29 33 30 23
L OT Pts
L OT Pts
20 20 26 25 24 32 29 34 15 4 9 6 6 5 12
4 4 6 8 9 15 4 9 12 97 94 85 80 76 71 62 60
N.Y. Islanders at Detroit, 4 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Boston, 4 p.m. Philadelphia at Carolina, 4 p.m. St. Louis at Ottawa, 4 p.m. Winnipeg at New Jersey, 4 p.m. Nashville at Florida, 4:30 p.m. Buffalo at Edmonton, 6 p.m. Chicago at Ducks, 7 p.m. Montreal at Vancouver, 7 p.m. Seattle at Vegas, 7:30 p.m. Tampa Bay at San Jose, 7:30 p.m.
GF
237 192 224 165 244 212 240 228 236 232 209 207 188 239 213 239