In Las Vegas, Anze Kopitar set the tone of the game with the first two strikes for the Los Angeles Kings in a 4-1 win over the Golden Knights on Sunday.
“It’s frustrating when you lose,” Vegas coach Peter DeBoer said. “I think we’ve been on a good run lately.”
Calvin Petersen made 42 saves in the win.
“It was a good win,” Petersen said. “Obviously they were kind of hot, so we wanted to come in here, especially on the road, and have a good performance. I think everybody did their job. I made the saves I needed to make, and it worked out.”
The Knights remain in the top spot in the Pacific Division.
“You look at the standings, everyone seems to be winning along with us,” Vegas defenseman Nate Schmidt said. “It’s hard to drop a game like that, but we’ve been playing really well the last couple of weeks.”
Shea Theodore scored the lone Vegas goal.
“I think the story of the game was we got behind and we were chasing all night,” DeBoer said. “You fall into a 2-0 hole against anybody in this league, it has the potential to be a long night, especially when their goaltender is dialed in.”
Trevor Lewis and Alex Iafallo added single markers for the Kings.
“We’ve played some good hockey lately,” Kopitar said. “There’s certainly room for improvement. Tonight, Cal was outstanding, obviously.”
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Marc-Andre Fleury made 13 saves in the loss.
“I don’t know if it was kind of lackadaisical just because we’ve been winning, but we can’t think like that,” Paul Stastny said after the loss. “We can’t look at what we’ve done in the last couple of weeks. I think our mindset’s got to be every game, no matter who we’re playing, whether we’re playing a top team in the West or a bottom team in the East or vice-versa, these points are so important for us.”
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