In Los Angeles, Brad Marchand hit for a pair of strikes on Saturday night as the Boston Bruins defeated the Kings, 4-2.
Jeremy Swayman made 32 saves in the win.
“I think we’re using what we felt last year coming into this season, knowing that we can take any team in this league any night,” Swayman said. “And we embrace the challenge. We want it to be hard, and that makes a win feel that much better.”
David Pastrnak opened the scoring at 13:10 of the first period to give Boston a 1-0 lead.
“I think we have a pretty good path right now as a team of where we need to go and what we need to work on,” Los Angeles coach Todd McLellan said of the winless start on home ice. “We can get there. I really believe we can. But we now have some direction. And that’s not a bad thing to have.”
LA tied the game at 6:28 of the second on a goal from Alex Laferriere .
“Yeah, it was just an unbelievable play by my linemates,” said Laferriere. “Kevin [Fiala] made a great pass to ‘PL’ [Pierre-Luc Dubois], and then PL found me kind of right up the middle. … I was feeling the pressure, so good to get the first one.”
Boston reclaimed the lead at 14:45 of the middle frame off a rebound goal by Morgan Geekie for a 2-1 advantage.
“Just right place, right time kind of thing,” Geekie said. “Just try to give it a little extra effort to get through there and just get inside and make a play on the puck.”
Marchand first goal came 48 seconds later for a 3-1 lead to the Bruins.
“It’s tough when you get 5-on-3, and if they jack one in the net, you’re chasing the game right from the first couple minutes of the game,” Boston coach Jim Montgomery said. “Our penalty kill has been excellent all year long. And our special teams have been really good so far this year.”
His second goal came at 17:48 for a 4-1 lead.
Carl Grundstrom scored off the power play with under two minutes left on the clock for the 4-2 final.
Cam Talbot made 21 saves in the loss.
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