LOS ANGELES — Quinton Byfield scored twice, Trevor Moore got his team-leading 16th goal, and the Los Angeles Kings defeated the Calgary Flames 5-3.
Alex Laferriere and Pierre-Luc Dubois also scored, Cam Talbot made 29 saves, and the Kings avoided their first three-game losing streak on home ice.
“You kind of sit on that last game that you play and, obviously, it´s good to get the win and kind of not sulk over the break,” Laferriere said according to AP.
Blake Coleman had two goals, scoring on both the power play and penalty kill for the Flames, who had won three straight and picked up a point in five straight. Rasmus Andersson also scored, and Jacob Markstrom allowed four goals on 33 shots.
“I feel like we should have had two or three more wins on this stretch, and we left some points on the table,” Coleman said.
Los Angeles took charge in the second period on goals by Laferriere and Moore, which characterized a return to aggressive and direct offense after a poor run with four losses in six games.
Laferriere put in Drew Doughty´s pass off his skate for a 3-2 lead at 6:28 of the second, and Moore beat Markstrom over the goalie´s right shoulder midway through the period for a two-goal lead.
“I thought we were significantly better when we had the opportunity, especially early in the game,” Kings coach Todd McLellan said of his group’s willingness to attack the right areas. “Later in the game, we didn’t get many of those opportunities just because we weren’t in a position to attack.”
Those scores came after Coleman tied it up short-handed off the rush. He had poke checked the puck away from defenseman Jordan Spence in the neutral zone to set up his 11th goal. It was his fourth short-handed tally.
