The Los Angeles Kings held a 2-1 lead after forty minutes on Saturday then watched as the visiting Ottawa Senators scored four goals in the third to skate off with a 5-3 win at the Staples Center.
Craig Anderson won his 200th NHL game in LA – file photo by Brent Clark
Mika Zibanejad scored the game-winning goal with under seven minutes left in regulation.
“We were desperate for a win and we found a way to get it done,” said Ottawa goalie Craig Anderson.Â
It was Anderson’s 200th career NHL win.
“It’s a huge win, especially this time of year,” Ottawa coach Dave Cameron said. “We talk all the time about sticking with it and we stuck with it today.”
The Kings led 3-1 early in the third on a goal from Tyler Toffoli and looked prepared to hold that lead but then backed off and plated poorly over the final 15 minutes of the game.
“We’ve been playing sloppy for quite a few games now,” Darryl Sutter said. “I think we used fatigue as an excuse the last three or four games. We didn’t get much from top to bottom today.”
Alex Chiasson, Bobby Ryan, Jean-Gabriel Pageau, and Mark Borowiecki also scored for the Senators.
“We simplified,” Ryan said. “We put pucks to the net and had a couple of shifts when our lines got going and we used our bodies to create some speed and some size. We wore them down and got some breaks too.”
Jeff Carter and Vincent Lecavalier also scored for the Kings.
Anderson also stopped a penalty shot by Toffoli in the second that nay have changed the outcomes of the game had he scored.
“It’s a test of time for myself,” Anderson said of the win milestone. “If I can look back at my career and see how long it took me to get there, and the paths that I’ve had to take. Credit to the guys I’ve played with throughout the years, and the current team I’m with.”
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