Phillip Danault scored for the fifth straight game and the Los Angeles Kings moved closer to wrapping up a playoff spot with a 4-1 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday night.
Andreas Athanasiou #22 of the Los Angeles Kings is hooked for a penalty by Dominik Kubalik #8 of the Chicago Blackhawks during the first period at Crypto.com Arena on April 21 in Los Angeles Phillip Danault scored for the fifth straight game and the Los Angeles Kings moved closer to wrapping up a playoff spot with a 4-1 victory over theDanault opened the scoring in the first period with his 26th goal of the season.
Collin Delia made 31 saves before exiting in the third period due to a lower-body injury. Interim coach Derek King said after the game that Delia cramped up and couldn’t go the final eight minutes. Kopitar scored his 19th goal of the season 9:16 into the second when he redirected Edler’s shot into the net.
"They jumped on us early. The shots were pretty heavily favoring them," Strome said. "We did a good job of staying in it. We kept it to 2-1 for awhile and had some chances, especially on the power play."