Shore thing: Kings beat Ducks in OT
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Nick Shore scored in overtime, and Jonathan Quick recorded 33 saves as the Los Angeles Kings defeated the Anaheim Ducks 4-3 on Tuesday.
Shore's winner, which came at 3:51 of the extra period, was his second goal of the season. He looked goaltender Ryan Miller off with Dustin Brown charging down the slot and scored on a rising wrist shot.
Los Angeles (11-2-2) killed five penalties, including a five-minute major, and scored one power-play goal in the game to win the special-teams battle. The Kings also had two apparent goals disallowed in the third period.
Brown and Anze Kopitar each had a goal and an assist in the win. Anaheim's Rickard Rakell also notched a goal and an assist.
Anaheim (6-6-3) lost its seventh of nine Pacific Division games. The Ducks have now lost four in a row to division rivals.
Ducks No. 1 goalie John Gibson (30 saves on 33 shots) left at 13:07 of the third period after being struck with a teammate's stick. Miller finished the game for Anaheim, stopping nine of 10 shots but taking the loss.
Anaheim opened the scoring on Jared Boll's first goal of the year at 6:01 of the first period.
The Ducks made it 2-0 at 12:26 of the first period, Sami Vatanen's first of the season as well. Vatanen's goal came one second after a five-minute interference penalty on the Kings' Kurtis MacDermid expired. MacDermid also received a game misconduct for his hit on Ondrej Kase, who did not return.
The Kings made it 2-1 at 16:58 of the first period when Kopitar scored his eighth goal.
Anaheim opened up a 3-1 lead on a slap shot from inside the blue line by Rakell at 14:52 of the second period, his sixth. Los Angeles challenged for goaltender interference, but the call on the ice stood.
The Kings closed to 3-2 with a goal by Adrian Kempe, his seventh of the year, at 19:01 of the middle period.
Los Angeles tied the game 3-3 on a power-play goal by Brown at 5:49 of the third period, his seventh. Alex Iafallo recorded his second assist of the game on the play.
NOTES: The Ducks confirmed on Tuesday that C Ryan Getzlaf had surgery to repair his cheek bone, injured against Carolina on Oct. 29. Getzlaf will be out for up to two months. ... Anaheim C Patrick Eaves, D Cam Fowler and C Ryan Kesler remain on injured reserve. ... The Ducks scratched D Korbinian Holzer, D Jacob Megna and C Kalle Kossila. ... Los Angeles scratched C Nic Dowd and D Christian Folin. ... Kings LW Kyle Clifford, C Jeff Carter and RW Marian Gaborik remain on IR.