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The Los Angeles Kings dropped the final game of their five-game road trip tonight, losing 4-3 to the Washington Capitals.
Alex Edler re-entered the lineup for the Kings after missing two games with an injury, with Sean Walker coming out of the lineup as a healthy scratch.
The Kings weren’t able to come out as strong in the first period as they have in recent outings, being outshot 8-5 in the frame. However, it was still a relatively low-event opening period and neither team could capitalize, as the game remained scoreless through 20 minutes.
Los Angeles managed to strike first early in the second period, as Sean Durzi came down towards the net to take a pass from Viktor Arvidsson and beat Darcy Kuemper. Then later in the period, Arvidsson set up a second goal, finding Phillip Danault in front for a tap-in, to put Los Angeles up by two. After two periods, the Kings had done a pretty good job preventing a lot of quality chances and took a 2-0 lead into the second intermission.
Things took a turn in the third period though, and just minutes into the frame, Nic Dowd fired a shot past a screened Jonathan Quick from in-close, cutting the lead to one. Then only a minute later, John Carlson entered the zone and beat Quick with a pretty weak shot that Quick would certainly want to have back, tying the game. Then before the halfway mark of the period, Dmitry Orlov found Lars Eller with a nice cross-zone pass and he scored with a well-placed shot. All of a sudden, the Capitals had the lead.
Viktor Arvidsson continued his strong game though, taking a pass from Trevor Moore on an odd-man rush to tie the game. However, Washington responded only about four minutes later, with Marcus Johansson scoring off a wraparound to reinstate the Capitals’ lead. The Kings weren’t able to retaliate in the final few minutes, and fell 4-3.
It’s a really disappointing result for the Kings, blowing a two-goal lead in the third period. The game completes the team’s road trip but to not even get a point in this one, now dropping below .500, is especially tough.
After doing a good job limiting shots through the first two periods, the Kings let Washington back in the game in the final frame. Quick allowed a couple weak goals but also faced 17 shots in the final frame.
Following a blowout loss and now a blown lead, Los Angeles has lost all momentum from their three-game road winning streak.
The Kings will be back in action on Tuesday, when they host the Tampa Bay Lightning.
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