In Los Angeles, Jonathan Quick picked up his win of the season as he made 34 saves in a 2-0 shutout of the Carolina Hurricanes.
It was a scoreless tilt until Alec Martinez struck with just 2:31 left in regulation.
“That was a pretty emotional one,” Martinez said. “If anything, you wanted to do it for [Quick] because [he] was simply outstanding. I’ve seen that guy play a lot of really good hockey, and that game was certainly up there. If for nothing else, do it for him.”
Jonathan Quick picked up first win of season – file photo by Lewis Bleiman
LA moved to 10-6-1 with the win.
“We need points. I don’t care who’s on the other side,” Martinezsaid.
Carolina dropped to 12-10-4.
“End of the day, unfortunately, we took a breath at the end and it cost us. And we keep talking about that. We got to learn. We’re a young group, and young guys (are) making those mistakes, I got to do a better job on just keep hammering home these points because we can’t keep doing this,” Canes head coach Rod Brind’Amour said.
Kyle Clifford scored an empty-net goal with under a minute left in regulation to seal the win.
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Petr Mrazek made 33 saves in the loss.
“He kept us in there, made some big saves,” Brind’Amour said. “The two goalies were kind of going back and forth. We needed someone to make a play, put it in the net, and we’re not getting that right now.”
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