Kings, Ducks pick up wins
The Kings rallied from a 2-0 deficit vs. San Jose and Anaheim held on against Vegas.
KINGS 3 SAN JOSE 2 (OT)
SAN JOSE — Martin Frk scored two third-period goals in his debut with the Kings, and Jeff Carter scored the winner in overtime as the Kings beat the San Jose Sharks 3-2 on Friday night.
Frk, a 26-year-old free agent signee last summer who was recalled from Ontario, scored his first goal early in the third and cut a two-goal Sharks lead in half. He tied it with another score with 1:24 left in regulation.
“I was just going to ... play good, and I got lucky — I was twice in a good spot and it went in, ” Frk said in a television interview. “I’m really happy for that. I couldn’t ask for anything better.”
Jack Campbell had 22 saves as the Kings snapped a three-game skid.
Joe Thornton broke a 47game goal-scoring drought and added an assist for the Sharks, who lost their fourth straight and are 1-9-1 over their last 11.
Thornton hadn’t scored in a regular-season game since March 18 of last season.
Aaron Dell turned back 35 shots for San Jose.
Thornton scored at 11:39 of the second on a backhanded pass from Radim Simek, giving San Jose a 2-0 lead.
Erik Karlsson also scored for San Jose. Karlsson scored on a wrist shot from just inside the blue line at 6:16 of the second. His fourth goal broke a scoreless tie.
Thornton had an assist on Karlsson’s goal, the 1,078th of his career. He needs one more to tie Adam Oates for seventh on the NHL’s all-time list.
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Kings forward Trevor Lewis was placed on injured reserve with an upper-body injury, retroactive to Dec. 21. ... Defenseman Kale Clague was also recalled from Ontario . ... Forward Dustin Brown did not travel to San Jose and Vancouver because of illness . ... Rasmus Kupari was ruled out of the remainder of the World Junior Championships after sustaining a knee injury in Finland’s tournament opener while another prospect, 19year-old Aidan Dudas, signed a three-year, entrylevel contract.