Anze Kopitar had a goal and an assist to help the Los Angeles Kings beat the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 for their fourth straight win. Blake Lizotte and Kevin Fiala also scored for the Kings, and Cam Talbot finished with 21 saves. Brock Boeser and Sam Lafferty had goals for Vancouver, which snapped a three-game win streak. Casey DeSmith had 16 saves.
Los Angeles Kings’ Anze Kopitar, center, Quinton Byfield and Mikey Anderson celebrate Kopitar’s goal against the Vancouver Canucks during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia, Monday, March 25, 2024. Los Angeles Kings’ Anze Kopitar, back right, celebrates his goal as Vancouver Canucks’ Teddy Blueger skates to the bench during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia, Monday, March 25, 2024.
Trailing 3-1, the Canucks pulled DeSmith in favor of an extra skater with just over 4 1/2 minutes remaining. The move paid off when Boeser’s shot from the top of the right faceoff circle hit Kopitar’s skate and deflected in past Talbot, pulling Vancouver within one with 2:54 left.Canucks coach Rick Tocchet called a 30-second timeout with less than a minute to go. With DeSmith once again out of the net, Vancouver pressed for the tying goal. The Canucks got a prime opportunity when L.A.
Kopitar scored his 24th of the season with 1:40 to go in the period as DeSmith got a piece of the veteran forward’s long blast but couldn’t hang on to the puck, which fell to the crease. Kopitar came around the back of the net and tapped it in to give the Kings a two-goal cushion.A bad Canucks line change created an odd-man advantage for the Kings midway through the opening period.
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