In Glendale, the Los Angeles Kings won their fourth straight game with a 4-2 win over the Arizona Coyotes on Saturday night.
Alex Iafallo scored twice for the Kings.
“Arizona was defending really well, they didn’t give us anything. It was a patient game,” Kings head coach Todd McLellan said. “We kept saying, ‘Don’t get impatient, don’t get impatient,’ and eventually it went our way. We did shoot the puck (there) and we needed to do that more.”
Calvin Petersen made 22 saves in the win.
Drew Doughty had two assists for the winners.
“It’s looking a lot better, our team’s looking a lot better this season, and is going to continue to,” Doughty said. “It means a lot.”
Derick Brassard and Phil Kessel had the Coyotes goals.
“We didn’t really drive a lot of pucks to the net,” Arizona head coach Rick Tocchet said. “It’s not like they were all over us. They stick to their structure more than we do, and I have to give them a lot of credit. They were comfortable playing and we weren’t at certain times.”
The Coyotes dropped to 7-7-3.
“We faced a young, hungry team the last couple of days and it could’ve gone either way,” Brassard said. “The third period there, we’ve got to be a little sharper.”
Gabriel Vilardi scored in the third period to give the Kings a 3-2 lead.
“I think it was a good learning night for us to be in that type of game from minute one all the way through, and hopefully we’ll be better for it down the road,” McLellan said.
Trevor Moore‘s shorthanded goal in the third period put the Kings up 2-1.
Darcy Kuemper made 19 save in the loss.
“We started (the third) on the power play, but we were kind of lollygagging and kind of looked a little sleepy,” the Coyotes’ Jordan Oesterle said. “We didn’t come out and try to finish them then and there and get one early.”
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