In Los Angeles, the Kings’ Adrian Kempe scored with less than two minutes left in regulation to tie the game with the Detroit Red Wings and force extra time on Thursday.
Alex Iafallo capped the rally when he scored with just 23 seconds gone in the extra session. for a 3-2 LA win.
“We stuck with it,” Iafallo said. “Everybody was making the right plays. Most of the shifts in that third, we were buzzing and getting the puck in deep and going to work, so it was good for us and gave us momentum at the end there.”
Jonathan Quick made 19 saves in the win and was on the bench when the Kings tied the game late.
Tyler Bertuzzi scored both goals for the Red Wings.
Anze Kopitar also scored for the Kings and assisted on the other two goals.
Kempe had been a healthy scratch for the Kings earlier in the week and returned to wing instead of center.
“You better be able to play all over the rink, but if it’s on the wall where he believes he is most effective, then we’re going to play him there for a little while and get his confidence up,” Kings head coach Todd McLellan said. “But I think when it’s all said and done, it’s just him playing really hard and competitive tonight. If he’s comfortable there, then great.”
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Jonathan Bernier made 28 saves in the loss.
“I thought we played really good,” Bernier said. “You know, it comes down to finding a way at the end there, the 6-on-5, to eliminate that rebound or try to block it, or somehow you got to find a way. But I thought overall it was pretty good. We picked up our game, and I thought the second half was really good.”
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