NHL Game Summary - Anaheim at Los Angeles
(Monday, February 25th)
Final Score: Los Angeles 5, Anaheim 2
Los Angeles, CA (Sports Network) - Slava Voynov, Jake Muzzin and Jeff Carter
scored third-period goals to lift the Los Angeles Kings over the Anaheim
Ducks, 5-2, on Monday.
Voynov and Dustin Brown each had a goal and an assist for the Kings, who have
won four in a row. Dustin Penner also lit the lamp.
Jonathan Quick made 24 saves for Los Angeles, which avenged a 7-4 loss to the
Ducks in Anaheim on Feb. 2.
"This one feels big, it's a division game, a team that's in second place in
our conference and a team that we want to eventually catch so to get two
points especially in regulation and have a third strong period like that it's
a big momentum booster for the club," Kings defenseman Drew Doughty said.
Andrew Cogliano and Saku Koivu scored for the Ducks, who had won six straight.
Viktor Fasth, who signed a two-year extension on Feb. 20, suffered his first
loss after stopping 20-of-24 shots. Fasth, who fell to 8-1-0, was trying to
tie Ray Emery for the longest winning streak to start a National Hockey League
career.
"Some days you have those games when it feels you can track the puck much
easier," Fasth said. "Today I was fighting hard. I made some bad decisions out
there. We just have to forget this and start working harder next game."
With the score tied at 2-2, Voynov put the Kings ahead at the 4:46 mark of the
third period. Anze Kopitar's pass from behind the net went to Voynov, whose
one-timer from the right circle snuck past Fasth.
Muzzin added a power-play goal at the 6:23 mark to give Los Angeles a 4-2
lead. Muzzin's wrist shot near the top of the right circle beat Fasth.
Carter's empty-net goal with 20.8 seconds remaining ended Anaheim's bid at a
franchise-record tying seventh straight victory.
The Ducks broke a scoreless tie just 13 seconds into the second period. Ryan
Getzlaf threw the puck on net from the corner and Cogliano jammed it home.
Penner's tip-in of Jarret Stoll's pass made it 1-1 at the 3:16 mark.
Koivu's power-play goal at the 5:51 mark put Anaheim back in front.
However, Brown started Los Angeles' comeback with 2:07 left in the middle
stanza. Brown's snap shot from the high slot hit off the crossbar before going
in.
Game Notes
The Ducks fell to 10-2-0 in February and remain a victory shy of matching the
club record for wins in a single month, having notched 11 victories in March
of 2006 and 2011 ... Los Angeles improved to 4-1-1 as the host this season ...
The Kings won five of six versus the Ducks last season ... Kopitar had three
assists ... Carter extended his goal streak to four games.
02/26 02:02:06 ET

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