In Los Angeles, the Kings gave up a goal to the St Louis Blues’ Tory Krug with 7.5 seconds left in regulation to tie their match, 2-2, on Wednesday night.
The goal was shorthanded and forced extra time which solved nothing.
Arthur Kaliyev, who had a goal in regulation, was credited with the game-winner in the skills portion of the evening’s affair, and a 3-2 win to LA.
“We’re always looking for two [points],” Blues head coach Craig Berube said. “I mean, we tied it up and did not have a very good overtime. Just careless with the puck, some bad reads. [Binnington] was really good in overtime.”
Jonathan Quick made 33 saves for the LA win.
“I think they came out and dictated the play in the third, and we had to scramble to tie it,” Krug said. “Unfortunately, we couldn’t come through getting the extra point.”
Adrian Kempe also scored for the Kings in regulation.
“We looked at the chances they had against us when we played there, and we minimized those, for sure,” Kempe said. “You know they’re still a good team, going to get chances, but ‘Quickie’ was standing on his head as usual. Made a good push in the third period and that got us two points.”
It was Kempe’s second strike of the season.
“He stripped the puck after a scoring chance. Behind the net, stood over the puck, protected it long enough so that [Kempe] could get in the open, put it in the right spot,” LA head coach Todd McLellan said. “That’s a check for me. [Iafallo] does all of these little things.”
Brayden Schenn gave the Blues a 1-0 lead in the middle frame.
Jordan Binnington made 33 saves for the Blues in the loss.
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