In Boston, the Bruins took a 2-0 lead on the Los Angeles Kings in the first period on Thursday, you probably know where this is going, before the Kings rallied for two goals in the third and a deciding marker from Trevor Moore on penalties for the 3-2 win. 
LA’s Adrian Kempe hit for the third period double to force extra time and the skills portion of the evening’s affairs.
“Power play got us one, so that was big for the momentum,” Kempe said. “[In a] 2-0 game going into the third, you get one, you never know what happens. [We] put some pressure on them, so once again, great team effort.”
Pheonix Copley made 33 saves in the Kings win.
“We could have easily packed it in down by two,” Copley said. “Everyone knows these guys are good at home, so being able to push through and keep working until we were able to find a way, that’s huge, and these are the kinds of wins that you can build off of, so this is huge for us.”
Boston took the 2-0 lead in the first on a goal from Taylor Hall at 7:53, and a power play marker from Brad Marchand at the midway point of the first.
“At the end of the day, that third period, I don’t know if they wanted it more, whatever it was, but you’re up 2-0 on home ice. It’s got to be a win,” Hall said.”
Kempe pulled the Kings to within one at 2-1 at 8:29 of the third.
LA improved to 16-12-5.
“The penalty kill [5-for-6] was a big part of it,” Kings coach Todd McLellan said. “I don’t think we want to be in that situation, but the guys did a tremendous job of attacking loose pucks when they were there and collapsing when they had to. Again, [Copley] played a big part in it. It felt like we had a chance to win if we got through that, and I think they played that way.”
Kempe tied it 2-2 with 2:10 left in regulation to force extra time which solved nothing.
Boston dropped to 23-4-2.
“I actually sensed frustration (rather than complacency), to be honest,” Bruins coach Jim Montgomery said. “I think our first period was OK. I thought our second period started off really well, and we started doing a lot of really good things. And then when we got up 2-0, we got away from those things that were giving us success.”
Moore scored in the seventh round of penalties.
Moore signed a new five-year contract extension earlier i the day.
“I didn’t want to have to go anywhere else, so it’s a good feeling to just get it done and just focus on hockey and winning games,” Moore said.
“(In the shootout) it’s nice when the other guy doesn’t score so you can just go out there and try to win it.”
Linus Ullmark made 27 saves in the Boston loss.
“I still thought that we were going to win,” Marchand said. “But those [late power-play opportunities] are the ones you have to capitalize on. When you get a late one there, especially in overtime, we kind of swung that one away, so that was frustrating.”
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