Kings 4, Predators 2
All-Star Anze Kopitar and captain Dustin Brown each recorded a goal and an assist as the Los Angeles Kings completed a perfect four-game road trip with a 4-2 triumph over the Nashville Predators on Tuesday.
Defenseman Alec Martinez and Wayne Simmonds also scored while Jonathan Bernier made 30 saves for the Kings, who have won five straight and 11 of 15 (11-1-3) on the road. Los Angeles also has won eight of 11 overall.
Blue-liner Jonathon Blum and J.P. Dumont tallied and Pekka Rinne stopped 14 shots for Nashville, which lost in regulation for just the second time in eight games (4-2-2) while having its three-game home winning streak snapped.
Kopitar opened the scoring with 8 1/2 minutes remaining in the first period, receiving a pass from behind the net from Dustin Penner and tucking the puck inside the right post. It was the fifth goal during a five-game point streak for Kopitar, who eclipsed Hall of Famer Marcel Dionne's franchise mark by appearing in his 325th consecutive game.
Blum forged a 1-1 tie with 2:31 to play in the first, but Martinez put Los Angeles ahead for good at 2:16 of the second and Simmonds created some breathing room 10 minutes later with his 13th goal of the season.
Dumont ended a 15-game drought with 7:17 left in third before Brown clinched the win with an empty-netter with 62 seconds remaining.