Kings 3, Maple Leafs 2 (SO)
Dustin Brown had the lone shootout goal as the Los Angeles Kings edged host Toronto 3-2 Monday night, extending the Maple Leafs' losing skid to three games.
After the teams played an entertaining overtime, Brown finished the Kings' four-game road trip on a winning note by firing a shot past the glove of Toronto netminder James Reimer.
Los Angeles took advantage of a fortunate bounce to open the scoring at 7:54. A Drew Doughty shoot-in bounced off a stanchion behind the net and caromed right into the slot, where Justin Williams wristed it past Reimer for his fifth goal of the season.
John-Michael Liles evened things at 11:01, taking a cross-ice pass off the side boards and unleashing a slapshot that beat Los Angeles goaltender Jonathan Quick over the left shoulder.
The Kings went back in front on a power play 15:23 into the second period. Doughty barely kept the puck in at the Toronto blue line, and the Kings worked it into the slot where Brown fired a wrist shot past Reimer's glove.
Toronto drew even again early in the third period, as Mikhail Grabovski lofted a pass to the left edge of the crease that Matt Frattin tapped into an open net.