In Los Angeles, the Kings got a win. Seriously, they won, 5-3, Wednesday night when Calvin Petersen made 35 saves in a decision over the Calgary Flames.
The Kings are now 3-12-1 in their last 16 games.
“I really just wanted to play strong for the guys, start to establish some confidence with me in net, and I think getting this win definitely helps,” Petersen said.
Petersen is on a call up from the Ontario Reign of the AHL.
“Throughout the lineup, everybody found a way,” Kings coach Todd McLellan said. “Every line almost found a way to get on the scoresheet, so when you can do that and put four [goals] up, you have a really good chance of winning in this league.”
Elias Lindholm struck twice for the Flames after Mikael Backlund had given the Flames an early 1-0 lead.
At the end of the day, I thought some of the turnovers and things in the neutral zone came back to haunt us,” Flames coach Geoff Ward said. “At this time of year, we’ve got to make sure you get the puck in behind and keep going.”
Tyler Toffoli and Austin Wagner scored 20 seconds apart in the middle frame to erase a 1-0 Flames lead.
“Cal was awesome tonight. He was making some huge saves when we needed him. We just kept it simple and did all the little things right at the end and it worked out for us,” LA’s Kurtis MacDermid said. ”
Kurtis MacDermid, Jeff Carter and Sean Walker also scored for the Kings.
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David Rittich made 28 saves in the loss.
“All four goals [against] was kind of our own doing as far as turning the puck over, and they were able to pounce on it and get a goal,” Milan Lucic said. “Other than that, we played a good game; we created a lot of chances, the power play was so good for us the last two games, [but it] wasn’t able to get one [for] us here tonight. If you look at it, that’s the difference.”
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