In Los Angeles, Petr Mrazek made 31 saves for the Carolina Hurricanes, who improved to 6-1-0 for their best start in franchise history, in a 2-0 win over the Kings.
“We’re finding ways to win and we’ve done it different ways, which is good,” Hurricanes forward Jordan Staal said. “It’s been a good start, but (it’s) going to be a long season. It’s a marathon and we’re going to keep going.” 
The Kings dropped to 2-4-0.
“We’re chasing parts of our game right now that we have to continue to work on, but I wasn’t real disappointed in the effort or the will to get things done,” Kings coach Todd McLellan said. “Some of the execution wasn’t good, but we have to give the other team credit for getting in the way sometimes too.”
Martin Necas and Sebastian Aho each picked up their second goals of the season for the Canes.
“We’re having fun,” Necas said of their line. “You’re always having fun when you are playing good. Both guys are, like, really, really big. They can skate. They can make plays. Yeah, we like to play together.”
Mrazek was busy in the first period facing and stopped all 17 shots in the frame, with the Kings having power play chances in the first.
“It’s always great to see a lot of pucks early in the game,” Mrazek said. “They had the first power play right away, and that’s going to help you in the game, help the confidence.”
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Jack Campbell made 21 saves in the loss.
“A battle for every inch. There wasn’t a lot of space to make plays either way. I thought it was a very evenly played game, and that’s a team that, I believe, went to the final four last year, so they are a hard team to play against,” McLellan said.
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