In St Paul, the Los Angeles Kings’ Carl Grundstrom scored in the third period Tuesday night to give the Kings a 2-1 lead they would not relinquish in 2-1 a decision over the Minnesota Wild.
Calvin Petersen made 32 saves in the win.
“I think I’ve kind of been better each performance, and now things are starting to come together a little bit,” Petersen said. “Being able to win is the main thing, and so anytime I can do that I feel confident in my game.”
Joel Eriksson Ek scored the lone goal for the Wild who have stumbled since returning home; they are now 4-3-0.
“I think [Los Angeles] made a pretty good job of taking away our speed in the neutral zone in the first period,” Eriksson Ek said. “We couldn’t really get through. I think it got better in the second and third, but yeah, we want to get out there, we want to get that first goal and we couldn’t do it today.”
Kurtis MacDermid also scored for the Kings who find themselves with a 3-2-2 record.
“We won,” Kings head coach Todd McLellan said. “Not the way we want to win tonight, but a win is a win.
“The trenches, the stick battles, the body blows in the corners, the little 2- or 3-foot plays, I think we have to get much better in those areas against this team and a lot of other teams. We’re capable of it. We’ve just got to get more out of the guys.”
Kaapo Kahkonen made 19 saves in the loss.
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