In Anaheim, Kevin Fiala hit for a double in the first period for the Los Angeles Kings in a 5-2 win over the Ducks on Friday.
“We did a great job just staying above them,” Fiala said. “We didn’t give them so many chances. Talbot was there when we needed him and so, overall, I think it was a good team win.”
It was the ninth straight road win to open the season for the Kings.
Cam Talbot made 29 saves in the win.
LA improved to 12-3-5.
The Kings hit for two power play goals in the first period to grab a 2-0 lead.
FIala hit for his first of the game at 10:25, and Arthur Kaliyev scored at 12:26 for the two-goal advantage.
“We knew they had a tendency to take some penalties and we wanted to be prepared,” Los Angeles coach Todd McLellan said. “That was powerful for our group to get rolling there.”
The Ducks dropped to 9-11-0 off their fifth straight loss.
“We’re fighting a clawing to get points,” Anaheim coach Greg Cronin said. “We’ve just got to keep finding ways to improve and build on things.”
Quinton Byfield scored with 77 seconds gone in the middle frame for a3-0 lead to LA.
“I was just trying to get to the net,” Byfield said. “That’s what the coaches say, good things happen when you get there, so I just tried to get there.”
FIala’s double came at 2:56 to balloon the lad to 4-0.
“We ( Phillip Danault )have the same type of vision,” he said. “All three guys are really fast going to the net. We cycle the puck, we grind down and also, defensively, we do a good job, so it’s been good.”
Radko Gudas scored for the Ducks at 12:42 of the second to cut the deficit to 4-1.
Anze Kopitar at 3:21 of the third to push the lead to 5-1.
Alex Killorn scored his first with the Ducks at 11:24 for the 5-2 final.
“We didn’t have our best start again and it cost us the game,” Gudas said. “I think we battled our way back, we played hard through the whole game, but sometimes we do a little mistake that ends up costing us so far, so we need to clean those things up.”
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