Six different Kings score as they snap Vegas’ four-game winning streak and take the season series in a 6-5 win.
Byfield has gone from a 12-game goal drought to a three-game goal streak with his latest performance. He put the Kings up 3-0 early in the second period off a feed from Kevin Fiala. Byfield now has 14 goals, 37 points, 122 shots on net, 64 hits, 32 PIM and a plus-8 rating across 62 appearances in a middle-six role this season.
It was a memorable night for Los Angeles Kings center Quinton Byfield, who scored the game winning goal for the Kings against the St. Louis Blues. After scoring the game winner, Byfield celebrated by bringing the BOOM! and hitting the pose and catchphrase now made famous by AJ and Big Justice of the Costco Guys.
Tomas Hertl scored a hat trick, and Adin Hill made 29 saves for the Golden Knights (38-19-6), who had won four in a row. Kopitar gave the Kings a 1-0 lead at 11:22 of the first period when he tipped in a Joel Edmunson point shot past Hill. Clarke made it 2-0 at 18:29, scoring with a backhand around Hill’s right leg.
Marco Rossi is having a breakout season. He’s on pace for 28 goals and 40 assists and is starting to earn respect around the NHL because he’s produced even when he’s not on Kirill Kaprizov’s line. Still,
Byfield's growing importance is an emerging storyline for a Kings team desperate to climb into the Stanley Cup contender discussion.
Adrian Kempe scored the winner in the Los Angeles Kings’ 6-5 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Sunday night.
Anze Kopitar, Adrian Kempe, Warren Foegele and Brandt Clarke each had a goal and an assist for the visiting Los Angeles Kings, who hung on for a 6-5 win against the Vegas Golden Knights on Sunday.