Doughty's OT goal gives Kings 7th straight win
LOS ANGELES -- Drew Doughty scored 32 seconds into overtime as the Los Angeles Kings defeated the Ottawa Senators 4-3 on Thursday night
The Kings (19-8-3) won their seventh consecutive game. Tanner Pearson, Alex Iafallo and Dustin Brown registered the other Los Angeles goals. Darcy Kuemper made 37 saves.
The Senators (9-11-7) lost their third straight game and 10th in their past 11 (1-9-1). Matt Duchene, Jean-Gabriel and Ryan Dzingel registered goals. Mike Condon made 34 saves.
Doughty finished a two-on-one break with a wrist shot to win the game with Anze Kopitar earning the assist.
Brown tipped home a shot at 16:32 of the third period for his 12th goal of the season to give the Kings a 3-2 lead, but Dzingel's ninth goal of the season at 19:50 with Condon pulled sent the game to overtime.
The Kings took a 1-0 lead on Pearson's fifth goal of the season at 14:41 of the first period. Tyler Toffoli eluded Ottawa defenseman Ben Harpur and fed Pearson for the goal.
Ottawa evened the score at 1-1 on Duchene's power-play goal, his sixth of the season at 16:24 of the first period. Duchene converted the rebound of a Bobby Ryan tip.
Iafallo gave the Kings a 2-1 lead with his second goal of the season at 5:18 of the second period. Iafallo's wrist shot from the top of the left faceoff circle beat Condon.
The Senators tied the game at 2-2 on Pageau's third goal of the season at 8:08 of the second period. Pageau backhanded a rebound of a Harpur shot on a play initiated by Gabriel Dumont.
NOTES: Ottawa scratched D Fredrik Claesson. ... The Senators continue their season-high, seven-game road trip on Saturday against the San Jose Sharks. ... Kings C Andy Andreoff was activated from injured reserve, but he did not dress. ... Los Angeles also scratched D Oscar Fantenberg and C Nic Dowd. ... The Kings conclude their three-game homestand against the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday.