In Los Angeles, the Kings’ Calvin Petersen made 24 saves in a 4-1 win over the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday night.
Andreas Athanasiou and Blake Lizotte had a goal and three points apiece in the win.
“These last three months when we haven’t had fans, it’s a different atmosphere and a different play style and it’s just not as exciting, so I’m absolutely thrilled to have our fans back and providing energy for us,” Lizotte said. “Seriously, it makes a huge difference and absolutely love having them back, so that was great tonight.”
Cam Fowler was the scorer for the Ducks.
“They’ve gotten a few goals and you’re trying to make plays and you’re trying to force it through a trap like that, it can get frustrating,” Anaheim’s Troy Terry said. “I don’t think we did a bad job. It’s just [that] it can get frustrating.”
The Kings improved to 17-20-6.
“Had a bit of a rough stretch a little bit ago and we’re still within reach of a playoff spot, we feel,” Lizotte said. “We believe that we can get there, so it’s playoff hockey this time of year and the intensity [will] just continue to ramp up. I think we just need to focus on our details of our game. When we take care of our details, we’re tough to beat.”
Anze Kopitar and Carl Grundstrom also scored for LA.
“He (Lizotte)Â works probably harder than anyone on our team,” LA’s Drew Doughty said. “When someone does that game in and game out, they deserve to be rewarded. And not that he hasn’t been creating chances in the other games, he has, but they’re finally going in for him and the hockey gods are finally on his side because he deserves all the points and stuff because he does all those other little things for us that a lot of other players don’t do.”
Anthony Stolarz made 18 saves in the loss.
“It’s one of those tough games to evaluate,” Anaheim head coach Dallas Eakins said. “Overall, I thought we played a good game. We just didn’t score when we needed to, and they did.”
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