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03/09 18:18 CDT Kempe scores in overtime to lift the Kings to a 5-4 win over
the Blue Jackets
Kempe scores in overtime to lift the Kings to a 5-4 win over the Blue Jackets
By NICOLE KRAFT
Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) --- Adrian Kempe scored his second goal of the game with
1:26 left in overtime to give the Los Angeles Kings a 5-4 win over the Columbus
Blue Jackets on Monday.
With the victory, Los Angeles moved within a point of Seattle in the race for
the final Western Conference wild-card spot.
Columbus tied the score late for the second straight home game. Kirill
Marchenko scored on the power play at 18:04 to force the extra period.
Brian Dumoulin had a goal and two assists. Scott Laughton scored for the second
straight game since joining the Kings from Toronto and added an assist. Artemi
Panarin also scored. Anton Forsberg made 28 saves for Los Angeles in the opener
of a five-game trip.
Connor Garland scored twice --- his first goals since coming to Columbus from
Vancouver --- and Denton Mateychuk added a goal and an assist. Jet Greaves made
26 saves for Columbus, which has lost two straight at home.
The Blue Jackets are two points behind Boston in the race for the second
Eastern Conference wild-card spot, and three points behind the Islanders for
third in the Metropolitan Division.
Los Angeles killed off a high-sticking double minor to start the game before
Dumoulin set up Laughton in front of the net at 6:46 of the first. Panarin made
it 2-0 at 14:47 with his second goal since joining the Kings from the New York
Rangers on Feb. 4.
Garland cut the lead in half with 2:25 left in the period, snapping a
career-long 24-game scoring drought. Mateychuk tied it with 9:07 remaining in
the second period, and Garland's second goal put Columbus ahead 81 seconds
later.
The lead was short-lived as Kempe tied the game with 5:51 remaining in the
second period. Kopitar's assist was his 167th on a game-tying goal, the most in
Kings history.
Dumoulin scored with 9:53 left in the third period, but Marchenko tied it with
a power-play goal with 1:56 left,
Columbus defenseman Erik Gudbranson, who missed 42 games earlier this season
due to injury, left in the first period with an upper-body injury and did not
return.
The game had a rare 4 p.m. weekday start after being rescheduled from Jan. 26,
due to a blizzard in Columbus.
Up next
Kings: Visit Boston on Tuesday.
Blue Jackets: Visit Tampa on Tuesday.
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