In a bit of good timing, the Blues will get a key injured player back as forward Vladimir Tarasenko will return to the lineup on Tuesday. He has four goals through his team’s first 12 games.
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With that, Los Angeles now has victories in eight of nine games, only falling to the defending champion Chicago Blackhawks in that span.
Kopitar skated off slowly to the bench, bleeding from the mouth, and the Kings’ team trainer attended to him. “We just couldn’t find a way to get it in tonight”. He is in the last season of a seven-year $47.6 million contract. Enroth stopped 39 of 40 shots in a 4-1 win over San Jose on October 22. Calgary has won just twice in its past 11 games. “I’m not sure how much work he had, but he made timely saves”.
Kings center Tyler Toffoli said Enroth was “unbelievable”. In 695 career games, all with the Kings, Kopitar has scored 222 goals and has 614 points.
Pearson scored his second of the season on an odd-man rush with Brayden McNabb and Toffoli with 4:33 remaining in the third.
The Kings head back to California, where they will begin a five-game homestand on Thursday night against the Columbus Blue Jackets.
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Goalie Jake Allen, fresh off being awarded NHL’s Second Star of the Week, will make his fourth consecutive start tomorrow night. At the time, the Kings called it an upper body injury. After the game, Coach Darryl Sutter told reporters in St. Louis that Kopitar was “feeling better” and had gone through the normal concussion protocol.
