nhl Game Recap< BACK

Recap - Kings Defeat Minnesota 2-1

The Wild came up short Saturday against the Kings, falling 2-1.

Los Angeles was an underdog by +111 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 5.5.

Los Angeles got goals from Phillip Danault, and Brendan Lemieux in the victory. Danault opened the scoring at 14:29 of the second period.

Jonathan Quick stopped 30 of 31 Minnesota shots in the victory.

Marcus Foligno scored for the Wild, finding the net behind Jonathan Quick.

Minnesota got a 35-stop effort from Kaapo Kahkonen in the loss.

Los Angeles scored 0 times on 5 chances on the power play, while Minnesota went 1-for-2 with the man advantage.

Minnesota lost the shots on goal battle to Los Angeles by a margin of 37-31.

Los Angeles heads into a battle against the Lightning. Minnesota, meanwhile, will have their next action against Vegas.