Andersson’s goal in 3rd lifts LA Kings past Seattle Kraken 5-3

SEATTLE (AP) — Lias Andersson’s first goal of the season for Los Angeles snapped a tie early in the third period and the Kings beat the Seattle Kraken 5-3 Wednesday night.

Los Angeles Kings 5, Seattle Kraken 3: Box score

Gabriel Vilardi, Phillip Danault, Trevor Moore and Andreas Athanasioiu also scored for playoff-bound Los Angeles. Jonathan Quick made 36 saves to get his fifth straight win.

Jared McCann, Ryan Donarto, and Jordan Eberle scored for the Kraken, who lost their third in a row. Philipp Grubauer finished with 21 saves.

On the go-ahead goal, Brendan Lemieux picked up a loose puck behind the Seattle net, and sent it out in front to Andersson, who was rushing toward the net and sent it past Grubauer to give the Kings a 4-3 lead at 2:39 of the third.

Watch @liasandersson's go-ahead goal! 🚨#GoKingsGo pic.twitter.com/TfSkqGzOt5

— x – LA Kings (@LAKings) April 28, 2022

Seattle had a power play for 4 minutes, 43 seconds late in the third period, including 1:18 of a 5-on-3 advantage. But the closest it could come to the equalizer was a shot by Daniel Sprong that hit the left post.

Athanasiou had an empty-netter with 1:06 left to seal the win.

McCann gave the Kraken a 1-0 lead with 1:01 left in the opening period with his team-leading 27th goal of the season.

in this house, we run on canner time! ⌚️ pic.twitter.com/0wAmH9OS7e

— Seattle Kraken (@SeattleKraken) April 28, 2022

Seattle made it 2-0 just 2:24 into the second on Donato’s 16th.

DONNY ON THE SPOT 🎯 pic.twitter.com/S0bow3FdTs

— Seattle Kraken (@SeattleKraken) April 28, 2022

Los Angeles tied it with two goals just 3 1/2 minutes apart. Vilardi made it 2-1 at the 10:11 mark, ripping a shot past Grubauer from the upper part of the left circle, his fourth. Then at 13:41, Danault tallied his 27th.

The Kraken needed just 48 seconds to go back in front when Eberle stickhandled his way to directly in front of Quick and slapped it past him for his 21st.

Ebs with a *Quick* finish 😏 pic.twitter.com/1enbvENaMd

— Seattle Kraken (@SeattleKraken) April 28, 2022

Moore’s tip-in of a hard shot by Matt Roy got the Kings back into a 3-3 tie at 17:15. That was Moore’s 17th.

NOTES: With a playoff spot and their first-round pairing against Edmonton already clinched, the Kings rested a handful of their regulars on Wednesday. Among them were team points leader Anze Kopitar (66 on 19 goals an 47 assists), and leading goal scorer Adrian Kempe (34). … Wednesday was the third time in the last four games that the Kraken built a 2-0 lead, only to wind up losing. The first two were 6-3 at Minnesota last Friday and 3-2 at Dallas last Saturday.

UP NEXT

Los Angeles Kings: At Vancouver on Thursday night.

Seattle Kraken: Host San Jose on Friday night.

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