RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) Trevor Moore scored two goals and the Los Angeles Kings snapped an eight-game winless streak by beating the Carolina Hurricanes 5-2 on Monday.
Phillip Danault, Alex Laferriere and Pierre-Luc Dubois also scored in a four-goal third period for Los Angeles, which had gone 0-4-4 since beating San Jose on Dec. 27.
āWe did do a lot of things the right way and have done that a lot on this trip,ā Kings coach Todd McLellan said. āWe finally got rewarded. Our guys dug in and we pulled ourself out of it.ā
David Rittich made 30 saves for the Kings in their fifth stop of a six-game trip. Vladislav Gavrikov, Mikey Anderson, Matt Roy and Danault each had two assists.
āThis team is a resilient group,ā Dubois said. āThis team knows how to come back. Itās an 82-game season. Thereās going to be adversity. Obviously, you donāt want to lose eight in a row.ā
Jordan Martinook and Jack Drury scored for Carolina, which had secured a point in its previous eight games. Antti Raanta stopped 20 shots before Yaniv Perets was inserted with 14:40 left in the game for his NHL debut. Perets was called upon for just one save.
āIt wasnāt a terrible game,ā Hurricanes coach Rod BrindāAmour said. āWe just had those couple lapses. Thatās what it does in this league.ā
Rittich posted a season-high save total in just his fifth game of the season.
āThatās the type of effort a team needs to get out of a funk,ā McLellan said.
The Kings hadnāt scored five goals in a game since their previous victory.
The score was tied at 1-all before Los Angeles unloaded in the third.
āThey all came in different forms,ā McLellan said. āIt was just playing the game.ā
Danaultās ninth goal of the season gave the Kings a 2-1 lead 61 seconds into the period. Laferriereās goal came at 2:21.
Then came Duboisā second goal in as many games and ninth of the season at 5:20.
Moore opened the scoring at 6:24 of the first period, and he added his team-leading 20th with 1:16 to play into an empty net.
Martinook has scored in three straight games for the first time in his 10-year career that covers 602 games. His tally at 5:38 of the second period tied the game and was his fifth goal this season.
The Kings overcame the loss of center Blake Lizotte to a lower-body injury after less than three minutes of ice time.
The Hurricanes honored retired forward Justin Williams with a pregame induction into the teamās Hall of Fame. He was part of three Stanley Cup-winning teams, including two with the Kings.
āHate that we lost that game on Willyās night,ā BrindāAmour said. āThatās going to eat me up for a little while.ā
UP NEXT
Kings: At Dallas on Tuesday to conclude their road swing.
Hurricanes: Host Detroit on Friday.
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