Quick, Kings blank Flyers
LOS ANGELES -- Trevor Lewis and Tyler Toffoli registered goals, and Jonathan Quick made 35 saves as the Los Angeles Kings defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 2-0 Thursday.
Los Angeles (1-0-0) broke a three-game losing streak in season openers and won its home opener for the first time since the 2011-12 season.
John Stevens won his debut as Kings coach against the team he coached for six seasons between 2000 and 2006.
Quick recorded his 45th regular-season shutout.
Philadelphia (1-1-0) took its second consecutive shutout loss to the Kings dating back to last season. The Flyers' defense improved over the effort given in a 5-3 win in San Jose on Wednesday, but the inability to produce with the man advantage (0-for-5) was a primary factor in the defeat.
Michal Neuvirth stopped 25 Los Angeles shots.
Los Angeles also failed on all five of its man-advantage chances.
The teams played a scoreless first period with the Flyers outshooting the Kings 10-9 with neither team capitalizing on its lone power-play opportunity.
Lewis scored the first Los Angeles goal of the season at 6:16 of the second period. He one-timed a cross-ice feed from Nick Shore with Kyle Clifford drawing the additional assist.
The Kings took a 1-0 lead in the locker room after 40 minutes, having outshot the Flyers 13-8 in the second period. Philadelphia kept within striking distance by killing off two Kings penalties but was unable to capitalize on two power plays of its own.
Toffoli added an insurance goal at 17:39 of the third period, finishing off a two-on-one rush off a feed from Jeff Carter. Tanner Pearson recorded the secondary assist.
NOTES: Philadelphia scratched D Samuel Morin, C Jori Lehtera and D Brandon Manning. D Travis Sanheim made his NHL debut and finished a minus-2. Sanheim was Philadelphia's first-round pick in the 2014 draft. ... The Flyers continue their four-game road trip on Saturday against the Anaheim Ducks. ... The Kings placed D Alec Martinez on injured reserve with a lower-body injury retroactive to Oct. 3 and recalled D Paul LaDue from their AHL Ontario affiliate. ... Los Angeles did not dress C Andy Andreoff, C Nic Dowd and LaDue. ... Kings D Oscar Fantenberg, Kurtis MacDermid and LW Alex Iafallo made their NHL debuts. ... Los Angeles will play the lone road game in its first seven matches at San Jose on Saturday.