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HomeSportsHockeyNHL News: Surging Kings stun Hurricanes in lopsided 7-2 defeat

NHL News: Surging Kings stun Hurricanes in lopsided 7-2 defeat

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Andrei Kuzmenko, Anze Kopitar, Tanner Jeannot, Quinton Byfield and Kevin Fiala each had a goal and an assist to help the Los Angeles Kings snap the visiting Carolina Hurricanes’ eight-game win streak in a 7-2 victory on Saturday afternoon.

Adrian Kempe and Trevor Moore also scored, Drew Doughty had two assists and David Rittich made 34 saves for the Kings (38-21-9, 85 points), who have won seven of eight.

For the second time in franchise history, all 12 forwards had at least one point for Los Angeles. It happened previously on April 6, 1974, against the Vancouver Canucks.

Dmitry Orlov and Mark Jankowski scored, and Pyotr Kochetkov stopped just five of the first 11 shots before finishing with 18 saves for the Hurricanes (42-23-4, 88 points), who surrendered three goals in each of the first two periods.

Kempe sent a wrist shot over Kochetkov’s blocker from the top of the right circle for a 1-0 lead at 3:03.

Los Angeles scored eight seconds into its first power play when Kopitar’s centering pass went off the skate of Hurricanes forward Jordan Martinook and into his own net, stretching the lead to 2-0 at 14:39.

Kuzmenko tallied with a wrist shot from the right circle with five seconds left in the opening period to make it 3-0. It was Kuzmenko’s first point in eight games since being acquired by the Kings from the Philadelphia Flyers on March 7.

Moore scored with a wrist shot from the high slot to extend the lead to 4-0 at 5:58 of the second.

Jeannot fired home a one-timer from the right circle off a feed from Alex Turcotte to make it 5-0 at 6:49, and the Kings scored their sixth goal on their 11th shot when Byfield hit a wide-open net off a pass from Kevin Fiala at 8:41.

The Hurricanes broke the shutout when Orlov scored with a slap shot from just inside the blue line to make it 6-1 at 14:17 of the second frame.

Fiala extended the lead to 7-1 when he scored off a rush with 1:57 left in regulation. Jankowski scored eight seconds later to cut it to 7-2.

The Hurricanes played without forward Jordan Staal (lower-body injury) and defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere (illness). Forward Seth Jarvis left in discomfort after sliding into the end boards 1:26 into the third period.

Staal, Gostisbehere and Jarvis are three of the top five point leaders for Carolina, which visits the Anaheim Ducks on Sunday.

–Field Level Media

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