In Los Angeles, Jonathan Quick made 37 in 4-0 Kings win over the Dallas Stars, on Thursday night.
“We made them earn their way into the zone a lot,” Quick said. “And when they got in there, we made them earn their way towards the front of the net. And then we had some timely goals, so it was a great team effort.”
Adrian Kempe and Arthur Kaliyev scored to give the Kings a 2-0 lead.
LA improved to 11-10-4.
“We made mistakes, we’re not going to be perfect, so ‘Quickie’ was the stabilizer,” Kings head coach Todd McLellan said. “He calmed things down. I always talk about his game management, the ability to get a whistle when we need it, get out and play a puck when we need it. I thought he did that.”
Dallas has two straight after a seven-game winning was snapped.
“We’ve only won one game in regulation on the road, and we’re just going to have to bear down,” Stars head coach Rick Bowness said. “We lost that game tonight with two neutral-zone turnovers and, again, when it was 1-0 we had some Grade A’s that we didn’t capitalize on, so some of those areas where we’re just going to have to bear down in and clean up.”
Viktor Arvidsson and Andreas Athanasiou scored empty-net goals late in the third period to ice the win.
Jake Oettinger made 37 saves in the Dallas loss.
“Well, when they’re standing up and there’s nowhere to go, there’s nowhere to go. And it cost us,” Bowness said. “We know how they’re going to play with that 1-3-1. If you can’t get a quick up before they get set up, you have no choice. You just have to chip it in behind them and go to work. … When we tried to stickhandle through, we made it too easy for them.”
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