In Vancouver Saturday night, the Los Angeles Kings responded to an early third period goal from the Canucks with two of their own and erased a 3-2 deficit to defeat Vancouver, 4-3.
Drew Doughty struck for his seventh of the year at 6:45 of the third to claim the game-
winner after being the goat earlier in the game.
“I was pretty (ticked) and pretty embarrassed,” Doughty said after being beaten on a goal by Nikolay Goldobin. “I don’t get dangled very often; only the second time I can remember in my NHL career where I got dangled for a goal. I was pretty embarrassed and pretty (ticked) off at myself going into the third period. I knew I was going to do everything in my power to try to help us win that game.”
Vancouver broke a 2-2 tie with 41 seconds gone in the third when Nic Dowd hit for his first goal of the year.
Kyle Clifford, Â Tyler Toffoli and Marian Gaborok also scored for the Kings.
“That’s one of our strong suits,” Clifford said. “We’re always staying in the fight and we never give up. We have real strong identity with our group, and when we play to our identity we usually are successful.”
Troy Stecher and  Nikolay Goldobin also scored for the Canucks.
Jonathan Quick made 22 saves to get the win as the Kings moved to 23-11-5.
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Jacob Markstrom took the loss on 32 saves.
“These are the games we have deliver more,” Canucks captain Henrik Sedin said. “We were up 3-2. We were playing an OK game. We have to be able to finish it off.”
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