Kings handle the Canucks again, move into 3rd place
The Kings won their season series against the Pacific Division's top team and leapfrogged two other clubs in the playoff race on Saturday as they toppled the Vancou- ver Canucks 6-3 at Crypto. com Arena.
The Kings moved to 3-01 against Vancouver, and in the process vaulted over the Nashville Predators and Vegas Golden Knights to occupy third place in the Pacific, which would set up a third consecutive firstround series against the Edmonton Oilers.
Adrian Kempe paced the Kings with two goals and an assist. Kevin Fiala and Drew Doughty each produced a goal and an assist. Alex Laferriere and Trevor Moore both notched a goal while captain Anze Kopitar contributed two assists. Cam Talbot made 39 saves in an understated but effective outing.
Brock Boeser, Dakota Joshua and Teddy Blueger tallied for Vancouver. Casey DeSmith came up with just 23 saves.
Though the Kings had
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not quite been analytical darlings through 40 minutes, they carried a lead into the third period, a situation that has now seen them earn points 35 of 35 times, including 32 wins.
They slathered on a final goal shorthanded with 2:40 remaining when Kempe darted the other way on a counterattack, finishing his breakaway with a low shot for his second goal of the night and 27th of his third straight 25-plus-goal season.
They previously regained a three-goal edge with some signature work on the forecheck by Moore, Viktor Arvidsson and Phillip Danault, who returned to action after missing four games with an upper-body injury. Moore initiated the sequence before Arvidsson won the puck and sent it back to Moore, keying a give-and-go play in tight that saw Moore score his 30th goal of the year inside the near post with 9:25 to play.
Vancouver scored on a pair of sticktoitive forays on each side of that Kings goal, at 7:23 and 12:35. First, J.T. Miller gained the zone amid three Kings defenders, weaving his way into a backhand shot that created a rebound to be mopped up by Joshua. Blueger later added a shorthanded goal to draw the Canucks within two goals.
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WESTERN CONFERENCE
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Salt Lake Minnesota LAFC Houston Kansas City Austin Colorado St Louis City Portland Seattle Dallas
San Jose
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1 1 2 1 3 2 1 2 2 1 3 3 4 6
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Saturday's results
LAFC 2, Galaxy 1
Vancouver 4, Toronto 0 NY Red Bulls 2, Cincinnati 1 D.C. United 1, Columbus 1, tie Colorado 2, Miami 2, tie Atlanta 1, NYCFC 1, tie
New England 1, Charlotte 0 Austin 4, San Jose 3
Chicago 2, Houston 1
Salt Lake 1, Minnesota 1, tie Philadelphia 2, Nashville 1 Dallas 0, St Louis City 0, tie Seattle 5, Montréal 0
Today's game
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1 0 2 1 1 2 3 1 3 3 3 2 4 3 4 14 14 11 9 11 7 9 11 10 11 11 9 6 10 6 11 8 7 10 6 7 12 12 11 11 7 10 17
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2 3 3 3 3 1 1 4 2 2 1 4 2 2 1 14 12 12 12 12 10 10 10 8 8 7 7 5 5 4 11 12 16 10 7 10 6 10 6 11 8 8 5 5 5
Portland at Kansas City, 10:45 a.m. 7 7 12 7 5 5 9 9 6 14 13 13 9 11 11
FINAL FOUR
National Semifinals
At State Farm Stadium, Glendale, Ariz.
Saturday's results
Purdue 63, NC State 50 UConn 86, Alabama 72
National Championship
Monday's game
UConn vs. Purdue, 6:20 p.m.
FINAL FOUR
National Semifinals
At Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse Cleveland
Friday's results
South Carolina 78, NC State 59 Iowa 71, UConn 69
National Championship
Today's game
South Carolina vs. Iowa, noon
PGA TOUR-VALERO TEXAS OPEN
At AT&T Oaks Course San Antonio
Purse:
Yardage: Par: Third-round leaders
$9.2 million
7,438;
Akshay Bhatia ................. 63-70-68—201 -15 Denny McCarthy ............ 68-70-67—205 -11 Brendon Todd ................... 66-72-70—208 -8 Russell Henley .................. 69-69-71—209 -7 Hideki Matsuyama ........... 73-70-66—209 -7 Ludvig Aberg .................... 72-71-67—210 -6 Stewart Cink ..................... 73-69-69—211 -5 Rico Hoey ........................... 71-71-69—211 -5 Rory McIlroy ..................... 69-70-72—211 -5 Alex Noren ......................... 73-72-66—211 -5 Tommy Fleetwood ........... 71-69-72—212 -4 Lucas Glover ..................... 70-72-70—212 -4 Mark Hubbard .................. 73-68-71—212 -4 Ben Martin ......................... 71-71-70—212 -4 Thorbjorn Olesen ............. 72-69-71—212 -4 Adam Schenk .................... 71-69-72—212 -4 Christiaan Bezuidenhout ... 73-71-69—213 -3 Alexander Bjork ................ 70-73-70—213 -3 Parker Coody .................... 72-72-69—213 -3 Nick Hardy .......................... 71-70-72—213 -3 Mac Meissner ................... 72-73-68—213 -3 Andrew Putnam ................ 72-70-71—213 -3 Adam Scott ....................... 73-70-70—213 -3 Jordan Spieth .................... 73-68-72—213 -3 Vince Whaley .................... 73-71-69—213 -3 Bud Cauley ......................... 74-71-69—214 -2 Max Homa .......................... 68-74-72—214 -2 Chan Kim ............................ 70-72-72—214 -2 Peter Kuest ........................ 69-71-74—214 -2 Justin Lower ....................... 66-77-71—214 -2 KeithMitchell ................... 75-69-70—214-2 Ryan Moore ........................ 70-71-73—214 -2 Andrew Novak ................... 73-71-70—214 -2 Matti Schmid .................... 69-72-73—214 -2 Sam Stevens ...................... 72-71-71—214 -2 Josh Teater ......................... 72-72-70—214 -2 Tyson Alexander .............. 68-76-71—215 -1 Austin Eckroat .................. 68-74-73—215 -1 Matt Fitzpatrick ................ 71-74-70—215 -1 Martin Laird ....................... 71-71-73—215 -1 Vincent Norrman ............. 72-73-70—215 -1 Chez Reavie ....................... 75-68-72—215 -1 Webb Simpson .................. 73-67-75—215 -1
At Trump National Doral Miami
Purse:
Yardage: Par: Second-round leaders
$20 million
7,701;
72
72
Sergio Garcia ......................... 67-68—135 -9 Talor Gooch ............................. 67-70—137 -7 Matthew Wolff ...................... 68-69—137 -7 Dean Burmester .................... 68-69—137 -7 Tyrrell Hatton ......................... 70-67—137 -7 Louis Oosthuizen .................. 70-68—138 -6 Kieran Vincent ....................... 72-66—138 -6 Adrian Meronk ....................... 72-66—138 -6 Patrick Reed ........................... 69-69—138 -6 Richard Bland ......................... 71-67—138 -6 Jon Rahm ................................ 69-70—139 -5 Marc Leishman ...................... 70-69—139 -5 Peter Uihlein ........................... 67-73—140 -4 Mito Pereira ............................ 69-71—140 -4 Joaquin Niemann .................. 71-69—140 -4 Bryson Dechambeau ............. 71-70—141 -3 Dustin Johnson ....................... 70-71—141 -3 Thomas Pieters ...................... 72-69—141 -3 Brendan Steele ....................... 69-72—141 -3 Kevin Na ................................... 70-72—142 -2 Abraham Ancer ..................... 73-69—142 -2 Anirban Lahiri ......................... 72-70—142 -2 Scott Vincent .......................... 68-76—142 -2 Paul Casey ............................... 71-71—142 -2 Caleb Surratt .......................... 69-74—143 -1 Cameron Tringale .................. 73-70—143 -1 Carlos Ortiz ............................. 74-69—143 -1 Charl Schwartzel .................. 73-72—145 +1 Euginio Chacarra .................. 73-72—145 +1 Martin Kaymer ...................... 72-73—145 +1 Branden Grace ...................... 75-71—146 +2 Brooks Koepka ...................... 69-77—146 +2 Ian Poulter .............................. 72-74—146 +2 Graeme McDowell ................ 74-73—147 +3