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Carl GrundstromThe 21-year-old, who was traded to the Kings from the Toronto Maple Leafs along with Sean Durzi and a first-round pick forin January, made his NHL debut with Los Angeles over the weekend and posted two goals in two games.
Grundstrom is just the second player in Kings history to accomplish the feat of scoring in each of his first two NHL games, joiningHe said Sunday he using January's trade as motivation with the Kings. "Of course. I saw it as an opportunity, so I think it was really good for my career," Grundstrom said.
The 2016 second-round pick of the Maple Leafs scored on his first career shot in the third period of Saturday's loss to the Arizona Coyotes, finishing the game with an even rating in 13:03 of ice time. He then scored the game-winning goal in the first period of Sunday's 3-2 win over Anaheim Ducks, beating"Yeah, it was a good goal," head coach Willie Desjardins said post-game. "It started down low. He worked hard to catch the play. He made the play behind the net and then he caught up, went to the net. He does a good job going to the net. Kempe’s played good. He made a good play. made a good play at the line to hold the puck.
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