Kings' OT goal send Blackhawks to fourth straight loss
LOS ANGELES -- Drew Doughty scored the game-winning goal and Jeff Carter registered three assists as the Los Angeles Kings defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 3-2 in overtime on Saturday.
Los Angeles (39-35-7) won for the fourth time in their last six games. Tyler Toffoli and Dustin Brown scored the other goals. Jonathan Quick made 25 saves.
Chicago (50-23-9) lost its fourth straight game and finished the season with 109 points. They will have home-ice advantage throughout the Western Conference Stanley Cup playoffs.
Artemi Panarin and Jonathan Toews scored the Chicago goals. Corey Crawford made 23 saves.
Doughty converted a Carter pass at the goalmouth to finish a two-on-one rush just 27 seconds into overtime.
Brown tied the score at 2 with his 13th goal of the season at 19:05 of the third period. Brown backhanded a feed from Anze Kopitar with Carter registering the second assist.
Panarin took a cross-ice pass from Patrick Kane to score his 31st goal of the season at 13:53 of the third period with Duncan Keith gaining the additional assist.
Los Angeles tied the score at 1 on Toffoli's 16th goal of the season on the power play at 4:52 of the third period. Kopitar fed Toffoli for a one-timer that beat Crawford, with Carter drawing the secondary assist.
Chicago took a 1-0 lead on Toews' 21st goal of the season at 6:25 of the first period. He gained possession behind the Los Angeles goal line and circled the net uncovered to fire a wrist shot that got through Quick. Keith and Nick Schmaltz drew assists.
NOTES: The day was dedicated to Kings play-by-play Hall of Fame announcer Bob Miller, who is retiring after a 44-year career. Video tributes were shown throughout the game and the 78-year-old Miller participated in the postgame Jersey Off Their Backs ceremony. The team has not yet named a successor. ... Chicago scratched D Niklas Hjalrmasson, D Michal Kempny, C Andrew Desjardins, RW Tomas Jurco, C Artem Anisimov, D Michal Rosival and C Vinnie Hinostroza. ... Joel Quenneville coached his 700th game behind the Blackhawks bench. ... Los Angeles did not dress C Andy Andreoff, C Nic Dowd, D Kevin Gravel and C Jordan Nolan. ... The Kings finish the regular season Sunday against the Anaheim Ducks. ... D Brayden McNabb appeared in his 200th game in a Kings uniform.