In Los Angeles, the visiting New York Islanders’ Derick Brassard staked the club to a 1-0 lead over the Kings in the first period.
From there, it was all downhill as the Kings replied with four unanswered goals in a 4-1 win.
It was the second straight loss for the Isles after the 17-game point streak was ended.
“You’re going to go through some dry stretches where it’s not going to come easy for the players individually or collectively,” Islanders coach Barry Trotz said. “And right now, it’s not coming easy for us. Teams are bearing down for us, you know. We’re not sneaking up on anybody. It’s a dry patch that you have to work through as a group and stay positive.”
Jonathan Quick made 24 saves in the win.
LA is is 5-2-1 in their last eight.
“That comes from everyone on the bench, the coaches, too,” Kings defenseman Ben Hutton said. “They’re staying stick with the game plan. Stick to the systems and things are eventually going to go our way. And that’s exactly what happened, you know. Got a power play, we get a nice goal and then we got the lead and just kept chipping away, chipping away and a nice two points.”
Dustin Brown and Alex Iafallo had multi-point games with a goal and assist apiece.
“I think in this League, if you get a lead in the third, you better hold onto it,” Kings forward Blake Lizotte said. “So I think we stay patient with our system and gain lines. That’s the most important thing is not turning the puck over on our blue line, especially with the lead in the third period. When you got the lead, you got to make smart, hard plays, and I feel we’ve done that for the most part when we had the lead going into the third.”
Jeff Carter and Matt Roy also scored for the Kings.
“It’s a 60-minute game and they’re a team that has a lot of puck control,” the Kings’ Blake Lizotte said. “… So not getting frustrated with the lack of puck time on your stick is important because once you get frustrated with that, you start to take chances and take risks that are unnecessary in your game, and they’re going to capitalize on that. They’re a good team and they’ve shown that, they put up points in 17 straight games.”
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Semyon Varlamov made 26 save
“We were quick, we were really pushing, and then we took a penalty when it’s really got to be an execution play,” Trotz said. “It’s a D-to-D pass, we fumble it, we end up in the box. They score and I thought gave them all the momentum at that point.”
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