Carter, Budaj lead Kings to 7-0 victory over Leafs
TORONTO -- Jeff Carter scored two goals, Peter Budaj earned his second straight shutout and the Los Angeles Kings defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 7-0 on Tuesday night.
By winning their third game in a row, the Kings (7-6-0) ended a three-game winning streak by the Maple Leafs (5-5-3).
Dustin Brown, Tanner Pearson, Tyler Toffoli, Kyle Clifford and Dwight King also scored for the Kings. Toffoli also had an assist while defenseman Derek Forbort recorded three assists for the Kings in their opener of a five-game road trip.
Budaj, who was starting his 10th consecutive game, made 19 saves as the Kings smothered the Maple Leafs' offense. Budaj also got the shutout Saturday in a 5-0 victory over the Calgary Flames. He has two shutouts this season and 13 in his career.
Frederik Andersen stopped 22 of 26 shots in the Maple Leafs' goal before being replaced during the second period by Jhonas Enroth, who stopped 14 of 17 shots.
The Kings took a 5-0 lead after two periods.
Clifford scored his second of the season at 15:59 of the third period and King scored his first of the season in the final minute.
Brown's long wrist shot from above the left faceoff circle at 13:56 of the first period beat Andersen to give the left winger his second goal of the season and put the Kings into a 1-0 lead.
The Kings outshot the Maple Leafs 15-5 in the first period.
Los Angeles took a 2-0 lead on the fifth goal of the season by Pearson at 3:23 of the second period. Anze Kopitar set him up for shot from the left slot. Toffoli made it 3-0 with his third goal of the season, a shot from the right circle that was set up by Drew Doughty.
Carter scored his first goal of the game on a rising shot from the right slot at 13:36 and the Kings led 4-0. Enroth replaced Andersen in Toronto's net.
The Kings led 5-0 after Carter scored his second goal of the game and his fifth of the season at 18:13 from the side of the net, banking a shot off Enroth into the goal.
NOTES: Kings G Jeff Zatkoff (groin) was reinstated from injured reserve and Los Angeles sent G Jack Campbell to their Ontario (Calif.) AHL team. Zatkoff was injured during the Kings' morning skate on Oct. 22. Campbell had one appearance, playing the third period of the 4-0 loss to the Anaheim Ducks on Nov. 1. ... Maple Leafs D Jake Gardiner is three assists from reaching 100 for his career. ...The Kings and Leafs, who meet again on March 2 at Los Angeles, split their two games last season with the Maple Leafs defeating the Kings 5-0 on Dec. 19. ... The Maple Leafs play their next game Friday against the Philadelphia Flyers at Air Canada Centre. ... The Kings play the second game of a five-game trip Thursday at Montreal against the Canadiens.