In Los Angeles Saturday, Darcy Kuemper made 27 saves for his second straight shutout in a 6-0 pasting of the Arizona Coyotes.
“Darcy is seeing the puck right now,” LA head coach John Stevens said. “The puck is hitting him. He’s probably played as good as he’s ever played, and he’s really come in and played sound for us.”
Six different skaters scored for the Kings including Jake Muzzin, Alex Iafallo, Adrian Kempe, Anze Kopitar, and Dustin Brown; Trevor Lewis added a shorthanded marker in the win.
The Kings pushed the puck deep and were successful down low throughout the game.
“There was an intention to get pucks in deep,” Stevens said. “There was good pursuit after the puck. We turned pucks over and created opportunities from it.”
LA improved to 28-19-5 with the win.
“Tonight, it was pretty easy. Early on, [the defense was] letting me see and really track the first couple shots, and that just continued all night. For the most part, I just sat back and enjoyed watching them play,” Kuemper said after the win.
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Scott Wedgewood made 29 saves in taking the loss.
“You can’t hide,” Coyotes head coach Rick Tocchet said. “We’re going to play teams that scratch and claw. You’re going to get the best of the best, and if you’re not in compete mode — that’s my job to get these guys to compete — you get embarrassed.”
Arizona dropped to 12-31-9.
“We weren’t good enough from the start. There’s no excuses. Top to bottom, I don’t think anyone played a good game, obviously, when you get beat like that.” — Coyotes defenseman Luke Schenn said after the loss.
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