In Los Angeles Tuesday night, the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs used three power-play goals to rout the Kings, 5-1.
Nazem Kadri scored two of the power-play goals for the Leafs.
Toronto improved to 12-6-0 and are now 7-4-0 on the road.
“I think our whole team came out ready to play,” said Toronto forward Mitchell Marner, who had two assists. “We came out fast and we made it hard on their D.”
John Tavares, Morgan Rielly and Andreas Johnsson also scored for the Leafs.
“We’re 18 games in, and he’s (Tavares) been outstanding,” Reilly said. “He’s been a leader, he’s been a 200-foot player, he’s been putting the puck in the net. As far as I’m concerned, he’s been exactly what we were expecting, so hopefully he can keep rolling.”
Frederik Andersen made 22 saves to get the win.
Adrian Kempe had the lone Kings goal.
“We’ve been talking for a while now. We can talk until game 72 if we want to talk, but if we don’t put our minds to it to do it on the ice, it’s not going to help us,” Anze Kopitar said after another loss.
LA dropped to 5-11-1 with the loss.
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Peter Budaj got the start for the Kings who are now a triage unit for injured goalies with Jack Campbell suffering a knee injury Saturday.Budaj made 15 saves and yielded four goals.
“It wasn’t Budaj’s fault,” Los Angeles coach Willie Desjardins said. “He was fine, but that was a game you might as well get Cal in, give him a chance so he sees it so he’s ready for the next time.”
Cal Petersen made his NHL debut and 15 saves after entering the game in the middle frame.
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