Fiala strikes in OT, Kings knock off Senators 4-3

Fri, Mar 8, 2024
NHL News (AP)

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Kevin Fiala scored in overtime to give the Los Angeles Kings a 4-3 win over the Ottawa Senators on Thursday night.

Fiala scored on a spinning backhand two minutes into the extra session to give the Kings their third win in four games.

Jacob Moverare scored his first career goal, Quinton Byfield and Pierre-Luc Dubois each had a goal, and Cam Talbot made 28 saves for the Kings.

Drake Batherson had a goal late in the third period to tie the game at 3-all, Dominik Kubalik scored on the power play, and Brady Tkachuk had a goal for the Senators. Joonas Korpisalo made 31 saves.

The Kings came to life in the third, drawing their first penalty and tying it up at 2 with Talbot off for an extra attacker when Dubois finished off Anze Kopitar's centering pass midway through the period.

Moverare put them in front with 8:14 remaining when his shot redirected in off Tim Stutzle's stick. It was his first goal in 32 career games.

Batherson, who also had an assist, sent it to overtime with a one-timer from Artem Zub with 4:23 to go.

Despite being depleted by injuries and having traded forward Vladimir Tarasenko on Wednesday, the Senators largely outplayed the Kings through two periods.

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Kubalik chopped Jake Sanderson's shot down to go up 1-0 on a power play 7:33 into the first.

After Byfield scored on a breakaway with 6:36 left in the second to tie it up, Tkachuk responded 15 seconds later beating Talbot five-hole while falling down to put Ottawa back in the lead.

Talbot made two key saves against Stutzle to keep Los Angeles in the game, making a pad stop 42 seconds into the first and a sprawling glove save to prevent him from scoring into an open net 13 seconds before Byfield's goal.

Playing the second night of a back-to-back, the Senators did not have defenseman Thomas Chabot (lower body) and forward Matthew Highmore (upper body) after sustaining injuries in the 2-1 loss to the Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday.

UP NEXT

Senators: Visit the San Jose Sharks on Saturday night.

Kings: Host the Dallas Stars on Saturday night.

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