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Kopitar scores in OT to lift Kings over Coyotes 4-3

A wild third period it was Saturday night in Glendale, with the Kings eventually pulling out a 4-3 overtime victory over the Arizona Coyotes at Gila River Arena. The Kings started the third period with three goals in a row, before the Coyotes tied it up at 3.

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The Kings have comeback five times when trailing after two periods so far this season. Shortly after a major penalty was assessed, Kings defenseman Alec Martinez flipped a puck over the glass, giving the Coyotes a 5-on-3 power play for two minutes.


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“I saw (Tikhonov) stumble just a little bit and that gave me a bit of a head start”, Kopitar said to reporters after the game. The Kings, who had yet to secure a win against the Coyotes in two previous meetings this season, came into the night having lost two straight games, into a building where they’d won only twice in their past nine regular season visits.

“It looked pretty nasty”, Coyotes coach Dave Tippett said.

Antoine Vermette drew the Coyotes within 3-2 when he deflected defenseman Michael Stone’s shot from the point past Quick at 16:07. Arizona got on the board midway through the first period when Oliver Ekman-Larsson beat Jonathan Quick high to the blocker-side with a shot from the point. “It wasn’t even a penalty; it was a hockey play”, Kings coach Darryl Sutter said.

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Muzzin got the penalty for a blind hit on Boyd Gordon with 6:40 left. It wasn’t certain whether he would join the team for their game Sunday in Colorado…. “What it does is it just takes a toll on the penalty killers and keeps a lot of offensive players out of the game”.

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