In Detroit, Los Angeles’ Tyler Toffoli scored twice and had three points on the night as the Kings defeated the Red Wings, 4-1.
“We needed to wake up after that last game,” Toffoli said. “We played good tonight, and even when we took penalties, we did a nice job on the kills. Now we need to keep this up.”
The Kings started Jeff Zatkoff who made 17 stops in the game as LA improved to 15-12-2.
“I was pretty much a spectator tonight, and it was fun to watch,” said Zatkoff, who grew up south of Detroit. “The guys did all the hard work, which didn’t leave me much to do.”
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“People make this game too complicated,” Kings’ head coach Darryl Sutter said. “We play the same way pretty much every game. Against Buffalo, we didn’t get big saves when we needed them. Tonight, we got big saves and big goals. That’s all it is.”
Derek Forbort and Nic Dowd also scored for Los Angeles.
“I really liked the way that we stayed after them,” Kings defenseman Drew Doughty said. “We didn’t just sit back, we kept playing and got two more goals.”
Mike Green was the lone goal scorer for the Wings.
“We just can’t seem to find a way to put pucks on the net,” Red Wings forward Gustav Nyquist said. “It’s not a matter of effort. We just have to create more chances.”
The loss pushed Detroit down to a 13-14-4 record.
“There’s no easy answer,” Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill said. “If it is fragile confidence, we have to get past that, because we can’t afford it.”
Jimmy Howard made 27 saves in the loss.
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