LOS ANGELES — Robby Fabbri scored twice, Lucas Raymond and Patrick Kane converted in the shootout and the Detroit Red Wings defeated the Los Angeles Kings 4-3.
Fabbri’s second two-goal game of the season helped Detroit snap a six-game losing streak to Los Angeles. Jeff Petry also scored for the Red Wings and Daniel Sprong had a pair of assists. Alex Lyon made 40 saves.
Detroit trailed 2-0 less than five minutes in, and then rallied for its third victory in four games.
Elsewhere, Andrew Mangiapane and Jonathan Huberdeau scored first-period goals for Calgary Flames as they held on to beat the short-handed Minnesota Wild 3-1. Jacob Markstrom made 28 saves in net to earn the win.
“I think they woke us up a little bit, got us on our game and we saw that made us successful there in the second period. And we kept it going,” Fabbri said.
Adrian Kempe had his second two-goal game in eight days, but it wasn’t enough as the Kings lost their fourth straight. Kempe has eight points in the last six games.
“At the end of the night, we´re kind of disappointed just leaving with one point. I think we played good enough to win,” Kempe said. “Some games are going to be tighter, and it´s the tight games we want to win. It´s the tight games you have to win.”
Matt Roy scored his first goal this season for Los Angeles. Alex Laferriere and Pierre-Luc Dubois assisted on both of Kempe’s goals. David Rittich stopped 23 shots.
Detroit is 2-0 in shootouts this season, while Los Angeles is 1-4.
“Shootouts not treating us real well right now,” Kings coach Todd McLellan said. “We´re not getting any saves and we´re not scoring goals, so the combination of those two things are a disaster in the shootout.”
Kempe got the Kings on the board 1:10 into the game when he put the puck between Lyon’s legs from in front after getting a great pass from Laferriere. Kempe also tied it 3-all at 15:43 of the third period with a snap shot from the slot.
Roy doubled the Los Angeles lead at 4:18 of the first when he knocked in a rebound after Lyon made a pad save on Anze Kopitar’s shot. It was Roy’s first goal in 56 games dating to last season.
Mangiapane´s seventh goal of the season opened the scoring at 11:40 of the first period. The third-line winger redirected a shot from Rasmus Andersson and bounced the puck past Wild goalie Marc-Andre Fleury for a 1-0 lead.
“That one obviously felt good, and especially to finish it off with a win,” Huberdeau said according to AP. “I think lately, we´ve been playing better, so I think it was good to get chemistry on our line too.”
Minnesota remains without leading scorer Kirill Kaprizov, who was injured Saturday against Winnipeg. Goalie Filip Gustavsson and forward Vinni Lettieri were both placed on injured reserve with lower-body injuries, meaning they´ll each miss at least a week.
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