Kings Rely on Byfield Overtime Goal to Defeat Ottawa 6-5
Quinton Byfield scored at 3:37 of extra time after Los Angeles surrendered a four-goal advantage in the third period.
By Harper Collins ·
The Los Angeles Kings defeated the Ottawa Senators 6-5 in overtime on Thursday night.
Quinton Byfield beat goalkeeper Samuel Ersson with a snap shot from the high slot at 3:37 of overtime. Drew Doughty recorded his third assist of the game on the play, securing the win for Los Angeles.
The Kings built a 5-1 lead in the second period. Erik Haula opened the scoring on a power play in the first period. Trevor Moore, Mikey Anderson, Joel Armia, and Artemi Panarin then scored in the second period. Panarin finished the sequence on a power play after Ottawa forward Hayden Hodgson was ejected for boarding defenseman Brandt Clarke. Clarke left the game with an upper-body injury.
Ottawa erased the deficit in the third period. Shane Pinto tied the score at 5-5 with 1:40 remaining while Ersson was pulled for an extra attacker. Dylan Cozens scored twice, and Drake Batherson also found the net. Cozens and Batherson scored within a 33-second span. Cozens narrowed the gap to a single goal with 7:26 left in regulation. Tyler Kleven had given Ottawa the early lead in the first period.
Darcy Kuemper stopped 17 shots for Los Angeles. Jonas Johansson faced 16 shots in the first period and allowed four before Ersson took over. Ersson made 20 saves on 22 attempts in the second and third periods. The Senators play San Jose on Saturday, while the Kings host Buffalo on the same day.
