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LOS ANGELES –– The Kings flexed their musculus against 1 of the NHL’s hottest teams successful a 4-0 shutout, owed chiefly to goalie Jonathan Quick and immoderate early-game tenacity.
Quick made 27 saves for his 2nd shutout of the play and the 55th of his career. Wingers Adrian Kempe, Arthur Kaliyev, Viktor Arvidsson and Andreas Athanasiou scored for the Kings (11-10-4).
Dallas’ Jake Oettinger entered the crippled with the champion goals-against mean and prevention percent of immoderate goalie with 5 oregon much decisions. He had 37 saves but took his archetypal loss.
The Stars (13-9-2) had won 9 of their erstwhile 11 games, but they were out-shot handily, 45-23, successful a nonaccomplishment to Vegas connected Wednesday and 39-27 against the Kings connected Thursday.
Arvidsson and Athanasiou each scored a precocious empty-net extremity to clinch the win, but Quick had nary much than a one-goal cushion for overmuch of the night.
Finally, with 5:28 near successful the 3rd period, the Kings earned immoderate separation. Center Rasmus Kupari gained the portion with velocity and near a deft driblet walk for Kaliyev, who fired a changeable to the abbreviated broadside for his 5th extremity of the play and a 2-0 lead.
Approaching the midway constituent of the 3rd period, the Kings were hemmed successful their zone, with Quick having to stay crisp to avert an equalizer.
Though the Kings had advantages successful each possession metric, their pb was arsenic precarious arsenic immoderate different one-goal edge, illustrated 1:50 into the 3rd play erstwhile winger Denis Gurianov’s changeable clanged disconnected the post.
In the 2nd period, the Stars applied unit during a delayed punishment and ensuing powerfulness play, but the Kings emerged from some situations unscathed.
Quick stoned guardant Joe Pavelski connected a one-timer during the powerfulness play. Then, with astir 2:30 near successful the period, Quick powered crossed his crease for a spectacular pad prevention connected Gurianov to sphere a one-goal pb successful a crippled the Kings had carried for astir of 40 minutes.
Fifty seconds into the mediate frame, the Kings broke done with the game’s archetypal goal. A counterattack sprung Kempe and helium cashed successful connected a partial breakaway with a changeable betwixt Oettinger’s legs. It was Kempe’s team-leading 11th goal.
The Stars astir got connected the committee during a powerfulness play, but Quick lunged guardant and, lying prone, staved disconnected Jamie Benn and Gurianov arsenic they swiped astatine a rebound successful front.
Prior to that, the Kings perfectly dominated the archetypal period. They began the crippled with 15 unanswered shots connected extremity and their champion accidental did not adjacent spell arsenic an authoritative changeable connected nett since winger Dustin Brown deked his mode into a worldly effort that sailed wide of the cage. The Kings besides drew the game’s archetypal punishment and were effectual some gaining the portion and generating pressure.
Athanasiou was activated from the COVID-related protocol database and suited up for the archetypal clip since Nov. 21, drafting successful for Lias Andersson. Center Jaret Anderson-Dolan made his play debut successful spot of TJ Tynan, who was returned to the minors.
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