Los Angeles 5, St. Louis 1
When: 10:30 PM ET, Saturday, November 18, 2023
Where: Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, California
Referees:
Tom Chmielewski, Chris Schlenker
Linesmen:
Scott Cherrey, Brandon Grillo
Attendance:
18145
By Field Level Media
Adrian Kempe scored a short-handed goal and also had an assist to highlight a four-goal first period for Los Angeles and Cam Talbot made 29 saves to lead the host Kings to a 5-1 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Saturday night.
Quinton Byfield, Blake Lizotte, Pierre-Luc Dubois and Kevin Fiala also scored for Los Angeles, which closed to within five points of the first-place Vegas Golden Knights in the Pacific Division with two games in hand. The Kings also improved to 8-1-2 over their last 11 games.
Talbot picked up his ninth victory (9-3-1), second in the league behind Colorado's Alexandar Georgiev (10-4-0).
Jake Neighbours scored a goal and Jordan Binnington finished with 25 saves for St. Louis, which lost its second straight game.
Los Angeles scored twice in the first three minutes to take a 2-0 lead. Byfield got the first goal on a power play when he whacked in a rebound on his third try from in front of the crease for his third goal of the season.
Lizotte followed 19 seconds later with his fourth goal when he stole a pass below the right circle and put in a wrist shot inside the near post.
Kempe made it 3-0 at the 13:37 mark with his 10th career short-handed goal and eighth goal of the season when he roofed a backhand shot on a breakaway.
Dubois extended the lead to 4-0 just 1:43 later when he finished an odd-man rush with a one-timer from the right circle.
Fiala made it 5-0 with 24 seconds left in the second period when he broke down the slot, took a pass from Phillip Danault and fired a wrist shot past Binnington's blocker side.
Neighbours spoiled Talbot's bid for his second shutout of the season with 3:54 to go when he rushed down the left wing and fired a wrist shot into the top-left corner for his third goal of the season.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
St. Louis |
|
Los Angeles |
Jake Neighbours 1 |
Points |
Adrian Kempe 2 |
Jake Neighbours 1 |
Goals |
Adrian Kempe 1 |
Sammy Blais 1 |
Assists |
Adrian Kempe 1 |
N/A |
Power Play Goals |
Quinton Byfield 1 |
N/A |
Short Handed Goals |
Adrian Kempe 1 |
Jordan Binnington .839 |
Save Percentage |
Cam Talbot .967 |
Jordan Binnington 26 |
Saves |
Cam Talbot 29 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Shots |
Goals |
Power Play |
Penalty Kill |
Penalty Mins |
Face Offs Won |
St. Louis
|
30 |
1 |
0-3 |
1-2 |
4 |
27 |
Los Angeles
|
31 |
5 |
1-2 |
3-3 |
6 |
21 |
Upcoming Games
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Los Angeles will play their next game on the road against Arizona. The Kings have a W/L % of .667 after a win and .571 after a loss.
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St. Louis will play their next game on the road against Anaheim. The Blues have a W/L % of .333 after a win and .714 after a loss.