In Ottawa, the Los Angeles Kings’ Jonathan Quick made 34 saves in a 2-0 shutout of the Senators on Thursday night.
“I think we’re finding ways to win,” Quick said. “I don’t think we’re doing stuff much different than earlier. Like, the first two weeks, you kind of look at the layout of the games and they’re pretty similar-type games, 2-2 and then finding a way to lose. Now we’re on the other side of it. We’re progressing as a team, and doing it on the road, so those are important games.”
The Kings have won seven straight.
“He’s (Quick) been outstanding,” Kings coach Todd McLellan said. “He hasn’t wavered at all. He doesn’t want to give his position up in the lineup. We don’t expect him to, and it’s forced Cal [Petersen] to play well. Any time you can get that from within your team in an 82-game season — I’m assuming that’s what we’re going to finish with — we need both of them in there. They’re pushing each other.”
Anze Kopitar scored off the power play in the middle frame for a 1-0 lead to the Kings.
“Tough night,” McLellan said. [Ottawa] gave us everything we could handle for a short-staffed team. We expected that from them. And they gave us everything we could handle. They checked, they did a lot of good things, but we were patient. We didn’t open things up. Once we got to one [goal] we were patient enough to get to two”
Andreas Athanasiou scored late in the third for the 2-0 final.
LA improved to 8-5-1.
“There’s not a guy that I can say didn’t give everything he had,” Senators head coach D.J. Smith said. “Jonathan Quick’s the difference. … It’s unfortunate when we’re this shorthanded, but I thought our guys couldn’t have played much harder.”
The Senators dropped to 3-9-1, and have lost six in a row, 0-5-1.
Filip Gustavsson made 34 saves in the Ottawa loss.
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