Quinn Hughes collected a aim and an help to guide the visiting Vancouver Canucks to a 4-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday.
Conor Garland, Jake DeBrusk and J.T. Miller additionally scored for the Canucks, who accomplished a sweep of the three California groups throughout their street journey. Goaltender Kevin Lankinen made 25 saves.
Quinton Byfield and Vladislav Gavrikov replied for the Kings, who had their modest two-game successful streak finish. Goalie Darcy Kuemper stopped 19 pictures.
DeBrusk broke a 1-1 tie at 5:51 of the second interval along with his third aim of the season. Hughes threaded a move throughout the ice to the underside of the suitable circle, and DeBrusk deked out Kuemper earlier than slipping the puck into the cage. DeBrusk has scored in three consecutive video games after being blanked within the first 9 clashes of the marketing campaign.
Hughes prolonged the lead at 2:44 of the third interval by working his manner alongside the blue line earlier than sending a protracted, seeing-eye shot that discovered the online for his third aim of the season.
Gavrikov made it a one-goal sport along with his first aim of the season at 13:57 of the third interval, however Miller’s empty-net aim with 74 seconds remaining, his fifth tally of the season, sealed the comeback victory.
Byfield opened the scoring 103 seconds into the conflict along with his second aim of the season and second in as many video games. The massive ahead gained the puck on the blue line, zoomed previous a defender after which tucked a backhand shot into the cage.
Garland drew the Canucks even throughout a five-minute energy play after Kings ahead Tanner Jeannot was assessed a serious for a head hit on Brock Boeser. Garland put the puck into the crease from the left facet, and he was credited along with his fourth aim of the marketing campaign when Kuemper knocked the puck into his personal internet.
Having obtained a match penalty for his hit on Boeser, who didn’t return, Jeannot may have his infraction robotically reviewed by the league.
The Kings additionally had been with out defenseman Mikey Anderson for the ultimate interval. Anderson left the sport after he was hit within the head by a puck shot from the purpose.
–Discipline Stage Media
