Henrique lifts Ducks over Kings in overtime

His game-winning goal allows Anaheim to overcome Kempe’s hat trick for L.A.

Adam Henrique scored three minutes into overtime, Rickard Rakell became the fourth Ducks player in 10 years to have three or more points in consecutive games, and the Ducks defeated the Kings 6-5 on Monday night at Honda Center in this season’s second installment of the head-to-head Southern California series.

Henrique took a pass from Trevor Zegras and put the puck past Cal Petersen inside the near post to give the Ducks consecutive wins for only the second time this season. The two straight victories come after the Ducks had lost nine games in a row.

Rakell had two goals and an assist. The Swedish forward has a point in six straight games, with five goals and seven assists.

Rakell gave the Ducks a 2-1 lead late in the first period when he put a wrist shot top corner inside the near post. He extended the team’s lead to 5-3 late in the second with a backhand after taking a great spinorama pass from Max Comtois, who had three assists.

Kevin Shattenkirk, Ben Hutton and Jakob Silfverberg also scored for the Ducks, who were involved in their 19th one-goal game this season. John Gibson stopped 21 shots.

Adrian Kempe had his second NHL hat trick for the Kings. His redirect in front with 2:32 remaining in the third period sent the game to overtime.

Kempe tied it at 1 midway through the first period after taking a centering pass behind the net from Blake Lizotte. Kempe added a power-play goal with 3:32 remaining in the second to bring the Kings to 4-3.

Dustin Brown and Andreas Athanasiou also scored for the Kings, and Petersen made 19 saves. Anze Kopitar and Drew Doughty each had two assists. Kings goalie Jonathan Quick was scratched from the lineup with an upperbody injury.