In Los Angeles, the Kings ended an ugly five-game skid with a 4-2 win over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday. 
Cal Petersen made 30 saves for the LA win.
LA improved to 9-8-3.
“We were desperate for a win, and wins help no matter how you get them,” Kings head coach Todd McLellan said. “I thought we played a fairly solid game there.”
Connor Brown and Michael Del Zotto were the strikers for the Senators.
The Kings took a 1-0 lead off a goal from Viktor Arvidsson.
Ottawa dropped to 4-14-1.
“Definitely not what we wanted, and we really wanted to get something going and get over this little slump we’re in here, but we just got to find a way,” Ottawa’s Nick Paul said. “Work ethic’s there, but we got to get the job done.”
Carl Grundstrom hit for a pair of goals for the Kings.
Arthur Kaliyev had a single marker for the Kings.
“When you compare him and his one game last year against Anaheim to his 15-20 games that he’s played this year, it’s significantly different,” McLellan said. “We’re trying to train him for a full 20 minutes that he could eventually end up playing, and he’s getting it.”
The Senators were held scoreless on a five0minute major penalty and match penalty to LA’s Brendan Lemieux .
“It’s not a good situation to put the team in, and not only for tonight but moving forward,” McLellan said. “Brendan Lemieux has become a really valuable player to our team. I think he knows that. We all believe it, and we need him in the lineup. We need him playing every night. We need him playing every minute that he gets. Offensively, defensively, physically, emotionally. And if we happen to lose him for any period of time, we’ll miss him. And he has to understand how important he’s become.”
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Filip Gustavsson made 33 saves in the Sens loss.
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