Kevin Fiara scored twice, Darcy Couemper stopped 22 shots and the Kings defeated the New York Rangers 3-1 on Tuesday night.
Philip Danaw also scored as the Kings expanded their home point streak to 15 games (12-0-3). The Kings are the second team in the NHL, with at least 15 games of home points streaks and joined Washington (11-0-5).
JT Miller scored for New York, with Igor Shesterkin finishing with 30 saves. The Rangers lost four of their last five games.
Miller advanced New York at 2:10 in the second term, 1-0, and awarded the goal after review. Initially, it seemed that the vast Kuemper had a right pad locked out the pack. However, after a replay was displayed before the goalkeeper’s right skate wiped it out, it was called the goal in the Toronto situation room.
Fiara tied it up with a power play at 9:06, which is still in the mid-term.
Danaw, who plays in his 700th NHL game, led his second power play goal at 2:12 at 2:12 to his second power play goal.
Fiala added a free netter to the second goal for the remaining night of 15.1 seconds.
Take home
Ranger: New York has lost eight of 11 (3-6-8) and maintains one point from the Eastern Conference playoff spot.
king: Los Angeles won the ninth in 10 games, moving two points ahead of Edmonton, finishing second in the Pacific Division.
Important moments
Kuemper, Will of Rangers made a point black save from the right entrance at about 7:47am. He then hit the loose puck after a Vincent Trokek shot was blocked by Adrian Kempe and saved the Kings’ 2-1 lead.
Key Statistics
The Kings placed 28th in a 15.7% power play, changing multiple chances in the game for the first time in their third match of the season since October 14th.
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The Rangers will visit the duck on Friday, while the Kings will play in Colorado on Thursday.
