In Los Angeles, the Carolina Hurricanes rode Frederik Andersen‘s 39 saves to a 5-4 win over the Kings on Saturday.
The Canes are a gaudy 14-2-0 on the season.
Sebastian Aho, Derek Stepan and Seth Jarvis scored for Carolina.
The loss was not for lck of effort from LA, the Canes took five leads in the match and LA was only unable to tie the final lead.
“It was a little too loose for us,” LA’ Blake Lizotte (goal) said. “Kind of racehorse hockey, trading chances back and forth, and that’s not typically our identity.”
Adrian Kempe hit for a pair of goals and Brendan Lemieux added a sinlge marker for the Kings.
Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Martin Necas also scored for the Hurricanes.
“I don’t really know why it happens or for whatever reason, but sometimes it just happens and you’re in it,” Stepan said of high-scoring games. “You really can’t grab a hold of it. It’s just the way it’s going to be for the evening, and you need to have someone step up and make some big plays.”
Cal Petersen made 15 saves in the LA loss.
“I’m happy that we had the offense that we had tonight, and there could have been more,” Los Angeles head coach Todd McLellan said. “Again, with the 2-on-1s and not even getting a shot on goal, goal called off. Could we avoid the goaltender? Maybe he makes the save then. But there could have been more, so that’s the positive of the night is that the offense was there.”
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