In a marathon skills competition in Los Angeles Tuesday night, Anthony DeAngelo scored in the 11th round to send the Arizona Coyotes to a 3-2 win over the Kings.
“It was an entertaining game. It was a tight game,” Arizona coach Dave Tippett said. “Back and forth a little bit. They put a little push on in the second period, and we pushed
Louis Domingue stopped 10 straight shooters in shootout to get win in LA – file photo by Lewis Bleiman
back a little bit. We got the fortunate goal at the end.”
The game was headed for a regulation end with the Kings lading 2-1 with less than a minute to go.
Arizona’s Max Domi scored his second goal of the game with just 45 seconds left to force extra time.
“It’s usually how this game works,” Domi said. “That’s what makes it so fun. Sometimes you get chances and they don’t go in, and other times you get a couple chances and both of them go in. I’ll take it. It was a huge win for us tonight. It was great to see Louis put that performance on in the shootout. Well deserved. Huge two points, and now we have to keep building.”
Louis Domingue got the start for the Coyotes and made 44 saves to pick up the win as the Coyotes improved to 26-35-8.
Tyler Toffoli struck twice for the Kings in the loss.
“We let one slip here,” said Toffoli, who has a three-game point streak. “We had the lead there, and it’s one of those things that we have to tighten up and find a way to bear down and lock it down. We let one slip.”
LA now trails the St Louis Blues by four points for the second wild card spot in the west.
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Ben Bishop made 30 saves in taking the loss as the Kings dropped to 33-29-7.
“We played a good game. [We] deserved better. It’s a little unfortunate. [The Coyotes] fan on two shots and they go in. We can’t buy a goal there, but the guys played well,” Bishop said. “Obviously, going into a shootout anything can happen. We got a point and have to look at the positive here and keep moving forward trying to get as many points as we can.”
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