Spencer Knight made 26 saves for the visiting Chicago Blackhawks in a 2-1 win against the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday.
Connor Bedard and Wyatt Kaiser scored for the Blackhawks, who had lost six of the previous seven games (1-4-2). Frank Nazar assisted on both tallies.
Trevor Moore scored and Darcy Kuemper made 34 saves for the Kings, who have lost two in a row.
Early in the second period, the Blackhawks went on their second power play when Joel Edmundson was called for tripping Andre Burakovsky. Chicago scored nine seconds into the man advantage when Tyler Bertuzzi fed Bedard from below the goal line, and Bedard redirected the puck into the net for a 1-0 lead at 6:17.
It was the 18th goal of the season for Bedard and his fifth on the power play.
Kaiser scored his first goal of the season with a wrist shot from the left hashmarks after receiving a short pass from Nazar, extending the lead to 2-0 with six seconds left in the second period.
Moore scored on a one-timer from the inside edge of the left circle off a feed from Warren Foegele to cut the margin to 2-1 at 10:38 of the third.
Los Angeles was held to two goals or fewer for the fifth time in the past six games.
Kuemper slid post to post to turn away a good chance by Burakovsky at 14:36 of the first period following a turnover by Kevin Fiala.
Bedard went to the penalty box for tripping Mikey Anderson at 15:53 of the first, giving the Kings their second power play, but Los Angeles forward Adrian Kempe was called for high-sticking Kaiser 30 seconds later.
The Blackhawks outshot the Kings 13-12 in the scoreless first period.
Chicago’s Jason Dickinson hit the post at 4:57 of the second.
Kings defenseman Drew Doughty returned after missing seven games with a lower-body injury, and Foegele was back after sitting out the past three with an upper-body injury.
The Kings will host the Blackhawks again on Saturday night.
Los Angeles ended a five-game point streak (4-0-1) by the Blackhawks with a 3-1 victory in Chicago on Oct. 26.
–Field Level Media
