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Los Angeles Kings’ Phillip Danault (24) celebrates after his goal with Carolina Hurricanes’ Jesperi Kotkaniemi (82) nearby during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025.
Los Angeles Kings goaltender Darcy Kuemper (35) snares a shot by the Carolina Hurricanes during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025.
Carolina Hurricanes’ Taylor Hall (71) and Los Angeles Kings’ Trevor Moore (12) chase the puck during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025.
Carolina Hurricanes’ Mikko Rantanen (96) controls the puck in front of Los Angeles Kings’ Tanner Jeannot (10) during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025.
Los Angeles Kings’ Warren Foegele (37) shoots the puck at Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Frederik Andersen (31) with Hurricanes’ Dmitry Orlov (7) nearby during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025.
Los Angeles Kings’ Alex Turcotte (15) shoots the puck between Carolina Hurricanes’ Jalen Chatfield (5) and goaltender Frederik Andersen (31) during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025.
Los Angeles Kings’ Adrian Kempe (9) controls the puck after taking it from Carolina Hurricanes’ Dmitry Orlov (7) during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025.
Carolina Hurricanes’ Jesperi Kotkaniemi (82) celebrates after his goal against the Los Angeles Kings during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025.
Los Angeles Kings’ Phillip Danault (24) celebrates after his goal with Carolina Hurricanes’ Jesperi Kotkaniemi (82) nearby during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025.
Los Angeles Kings goaltender Darcy Kuemper (35) snares a shot by the Carolina Hurricanes during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025.
Carolina Hurricanes’ Taylor Hall (71) and Los Angeles Kings’ Trevor Moore (12) chase the puck during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025.
Carolina Hurricanes’ Mikko Rantanen (96) controls the puck in front of Los Angeles Kings’ Tanner Jeannot (10) during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025.
Los Angeles Kings’ Warren Foegele (37) shoots the puck at Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Frederik Andersen (31) with Hurricanes’ Dmitry Orlov (7) nearby during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025.
Los Angeles Kings’ Alex Turcotte (15) shoots the puck between Carolina Hurricanes’ Jalen Chatfield (5) and goaltender Frederik Andersen (31) during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025.
Los Angeles Kings’ Adrian Kempe (9) controls the puck after taking it from Carolina Hurricanes’ Dmitry Orlov (7) during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025.
Carolina Hurricanes’ Jesperi Kotkaniemi (82) celebrates after his goal against the Los Angeles Kings during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Kevin Fiala scored twice, Phillip Danault had a goal and an assist, and the Los Angeles Kings beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-2 on Saturday night to snap a four-game skid.
Trevor Moore also scored. Quinton Byfield had two assists, and Darcy Kuemper stopped 26 shots as the Kings got their first win since Jan. 22.
Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Eric Robinson scored for the Hurricanes, and Frederik Andersen finished with 22 saves. Carolina lost in regulation for the first time since Jan. 15 against Buffalo, going 6-0-1 since.
Carolina took a 1-0 lead with 4:38 left in the first period when Kotkaniemi scored by redirecting a shot by Sean Walker.
Danault tied it with 2:03 left in the opening period as he intercept a clearing attempt by Hurricanes defenseman Dmitry Orlov and beat Andersen.
Moore put the Kings ahead 1:03 into the second, and Fiala made it 3-1 with 2:03 left in the middle period.
The Hurricanes closed to 3-2 when Robinson got a long pass from Brent Burns, skated up and fired a shot past Kuemper at 5:44 of the third. Burns got his 900th career point, becoming the first defenseman to reach the mark since Nicklas Lidstrom in 2007-08
Fiala got his second of the night with 8:20 left to seal the win.
Kings: Since returning from a lower body injury Dec. 7, Kuemper has shined with an 11-4-3 record and the second-best save percentage in the NHL.
Hurricanes: Injuries and illness caught up to Carolina. Sebastian Aho and Taylor Hall both returned from illness but were scoreless, and fourth-leading scorer Andrei Svechnikov (upper body) missed his first game of the season.
Trailing 2-1 in the second period, the Hurricanes missed a golden opportunity on a power play when Aho hit the crossbar at 12:19. The Kings added their third goal late in the period.
Carolina forward Seth Jarvis was held scoreless after tallying nine points in the previous seven games.
Kings host Montreal on Wednesday to begin a three-game homestand, and Hurricanes visit Winnipeg on Tuesday to start a two-game trip.
AP NHL: https://apnews.com/hub/nhl
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