The Los Angeles Kings have moved into third place in the Pacific Division with five games remaining in the regular season. They have a one-point lead over Vegas and are eight points up on St. Louis, who is still fighting for a playoff spot.
Los Angeles moved out of a wild card spot and the into third place in the Pacific Division with five games remaining in the regular season . The Kings have a one-point lead over Vegas and are eight points up on St. Louis , which is still vying for a playoff spot .gpt his 39th goal for Vancouver. The forward is one away from becoming the 10th player in franchise history to reach 40 in a season.
Vancouver leads Edmonton by five points with five games left to play, but the Oilers have two games in hand. The Canucks trail Dallas by three points for the top seed in the Western Conference. Kempe opened the scoring 2:48 into the game with a power play goal and then scored short-handed with 2:44 remaining for his fourth two-goal game this season.and put a wrist shot into the short side of the net 10:35 into the third period to put the Kings up 5-2. It was Moore's fourth goal in his last three games after he had a hat trick last Wednesday against Seattle.
The Kings converted their first two power-play opportunities on goals by Kempe and Doughty. The one-timer by Doughty midway through the first is the second time in his 16-year career he has reached 15 goals in a season. The defenseman's career high was 16 during the 2009-10 season. Boeser got the Canucks to 2-1 midway through the first when he drove to the net and was able to flick it past Talbot. It was Boeser's 17th goal in 20 career games against the Kings.'s one timer from near the blue line deflected off Laferriere's stick at 2:09 of the second period. Fiala then made it 4-1 six minutes later on a breakaway after he got a stretch pass fromin the offensive zone. DeSmith made a pad save on the first shot, but Fiala was able to knock in the rebound.
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