In Los Angeles, the visiting Calgary Flames righted the ship and handed the Kings a 3-2 loss on Monday night.
Johnny Gaudreau hit for a double for the Flames in the win.
“Yeah, a big one for us start to the trip off the right way. We didn’t play the best game the last time we played L.A., so we knew we had a lot better in us,” said Gaudreau, referring to a 3-2 shootout loss in Calgary on Thursday.
LA took a 2-1 lead in the first period, but the Flames scored twice in the middle frame for the win.
Jacob Markstrom made 27 saves in the Flames win.
“Johnny was on fire tonight,” Flames coach Darryl Sutter said. “He was awesome. He’s been really good lately, and hopefully that will get the line going.”
Adrian Kempe scored twice for the Kings, both goals coming in the first period.
“If you look at Calgary, they’re one of the top seeds in the NHL, so to play a game like we did tonight … we can certainly improve on some stuff, but I liked our complete level,” the Kings’ Anze Kopitar said. “We made some mistakes, but you make ’em every night. Unfortunately, they cost us tonight, but I like where our team is at and our mindset.”
Calgary improved to 41-19-9.
Elias Lindholm scored for the Flames, his strike tied the game, 2-2, in the second period.
LA dropped to 38-24-10.
“We had some chances at the end. ‘Kopi’ had a shot-pass coming through the slot, just missed [Phillip] Danault. Rebounds, Kempe had one,” Los Angeles coach Todd McLellan said. “We put some pressure on them, we made them penalty kill, so, again, it’s that fine line.”
Cal Petersen made 30 saves. in thew LA loss.
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