In Los Angeles Thursday night, the Ottawa Senators’ Ryan Dzingel scored with 10 seconds left in in regulation to send their match with the Kings to extra time.
The respite from defeat was brief as Drew Doughty struck with just 32 seconds gone in the extra session for a 4-3 win.
“Tonight wasn’t our best effort, that’s for sure,” Doughty said. “This was probably our worst game over the last seven wins, for sure. We just don’t give up. Whether we’re down, whether we’re up, we’re trying to play the same way and I think we’re doing a 
good job with that.”
Darcy Kuemper continued his good run this season as he imp[roved to 5-0-2 and made 37 saves in the win.
Brown had a goal in regulation and Alex Iafallo and Tanner Pearson also scored for the Kings.
The win was seventh straight for the Kings who appeared to have lost the magic during an equally long skid.
“It means that we’re going to have a target on our back, so we have to learn how to play with that,” Brown said.
The Senators have been in a tail spin and the loser’s point will be welcome but they are 1-8-2 in their last 11 games.
Matt Duchene and Jean-Gabriel Pageau also scored for the Sens.
“There’s a lot of really good things tonight and we deserved a better result, that’s for sure,” Duchene said. “This one stings.”
Every point helps but the current stretch of losing is pushing the Senators into a deepe3r hole in the east.
“It’s tough to do in times like this and I think we’re all suffering from it a little bit, so obviously nice to get that one early on the power play,” Duchene said. “There’s lots of really good things to build on tonight and that’s the next step is building on it now and not hanging our heads and being too disappointed.”
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Mike Condon made 34 stops in the loss.
“Tonight’s a point. It’s better than nothing. But we need wins. We need to win the last two games of this trip,” Duchene said.
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