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Kings Double Up Blues

Anze Kopitar had a goal and two assists, Jonathan Quick made 28 saves and the Los Angeles Kings beat the St. Louis Blues 6-3 on Sunday night.

 

Alex Iafallo, Carl Gundstrom, Gabriel Vilardi, Lias Andersson and Drew Doughty each scored for the Kings as Los Angeles earned a split of its two-game set in St. Louis. Quick improved to 2-0-2.

 

Brayden Schenn scored twice for St. Louis and Ville Husso stopped 29 shots in his first NHL start.

 

St. Louis has lost the second game in all three of its two-game series this season.

 

Los Angeles took the lead on a pair of goals just 23 seconds apart in the first period. With Torey Krug in the penalty box for hooking, Iafallo swatted a loose puck in the crease with 1:47 remaining in the opening period to tie it at 1.

 

Gundstrom put a move on Vince Dunn and faked Justin Faulk to his knees before beating Husso for his first goal of the season.

 

St. Louis went on the power play when Andersson was penalized for hooking with 4:52 remaining in the second. However, Kopitar setup Andersson streaking out of the box to make it 5-1.

 

Schenn put the Blues on the board on a cross-ice feed from Jordan Kyrou 14:26 into the first period. He added his fourth goal of the season 6:01 into the third period.

 

Ryan O'Reilly followed Schenn's second tally with his first goal of the season 48 seconds later to cut the Kings lead to 5-3.

 

Doughty added an empty-net goal with 12 seconds remaining.

 

The Blues open a four-game road trip at Vegas on Tuesday night.

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