In Los Angeles, the visiting Vancouver Canucks’ Brock Boeser struck for a hat trick in a 5-3 decision over the listless Kings on Wednesday night.
Jacob Markstrom made 21 saves for the as the Canucks moved to 8-3-1.
Elias Pettersson had a goal and four points on the night.
“They ( Boeser and Pettersson) were finding seams, picking pockets, scoring goals like it was no [problem] tonight,” Bo Horvat said. “They’re fun to watch, fun to play with those guys on the power play, and my job is to give ’em outs in the middle.”
Jeff Carter scored his third and fourth goals of the season for the Kings.
LA yielded three power play goals in the loss.
“I think when you use the word ‘discipline,’ you’re thinking of penalties, and certainly that’s the case tonight,” Kings coach Todd McLellan said. “Two hooking, two [slashing], two tripping, six minors. Not against that power play, and [not] when your penalty kill is struggling as mightily as ours.”
Adrian Kempe had a power play goal for the Kings.
“Our power play is really clicking right now, and I think we’re starting to really have some good chemistry up there just kind of reading and knowing what each guy is going to do, so I think that’s huge and we got to make sure we keep going,” Boeser said.
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Jonathan Quick made 44 saves in the loss.
“We can talk about lines and combinations and sitting guys out and all that type of stuff. The penalty kill is the story. That’s where we’re at,” McLellan said.
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