Kings edge Coyotes in shootout
GLENDALE – Gabriel Vilardi scored in the fourth round of a shootout, Jonathan Quick stopped 20 shots and the Los Angeles Kings beat the Arizona Coyotes 3-2 on Thursday night.
“It was better that we shot second,” Vilardi said. “Their guy missed, so no pressure at all. I had a chance to finish it there for the team and I was lucky enough to do that.”
The Kings jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first period on goals by Dustin Brown and Jeff Carter.
The Coyotes rallied with two in the second – Phil Kessel’s first goal in 12 games and Conor Garland’s seventh of the season.
Quick made a sprawling save to stop Kessel early in overtime and had a couple more tough stops to send the game to a shootout.
Arizona’s Clayton Keller sent a shot over the goal in the fourth round of the shootout and Vilardi beat Darcy Kuemper glove side to end it.
Kuemper had 27 saves. “It was just an ugly game,” Coyotes coach Rick Tocchet said. “I didn’t like our first, obviously. I didn’t see a lot of Grade As from both teams.”
The Coyotes were glad to see someone else across the ice after playing St. Louis in the first seven-game, regular-season series in NHL or NBA history.
Arizona took that series 4-3, closing out Monday’s seventh game with a 1-0 victory behind Kuemper,
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