Los Angeles Kings at Toronto Maple Leafs
· National Hockey League
Quinton Byfield scores in OT to lift the Kings past the Maple Leafs, 4-3
Warren Foegele, Kevin Fiala and Alex Laferriere also scored for Los Angeles. The Kings have won three in a row and four of five to improve to 9-5-4.
Darcy Kuemper made 12 saves, and Drew Doughty had two assists.
John Tavares scored twice for Toronto, Bobby McMann added a goal and Dennis Hildeby stopped 33 shots. The Maple Leafs have lost four straight to drop to 8-8-2.
Toronto played without captain Auston Matthew (lower-body injury) and goalie Anthony Stolarz (upper-body injury) after both left Tuesday night in a 5-4 loss at Boston.
Toronto jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first period on goals from McMann and Tavares. Foegele and Fiala tied it in the second before Tavares restored the home side’s lead. Laferriere tied it again in the third.
Maple Leafs: At Chicago on Saturday night.
Regular Season SeriesLA leads series 1-0
Scoring Summary
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Goal | 1st Period 8:06 | Bobby McMann Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: none |
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Goal | 1st Period 16:39 | John Tavares Goal (10) Wrist Shot, assists: Oliver Ekman-Larsson (10), Matthew Knies (16) |
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Goal | 2nd Period 6:51 | Warren Foegele Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Drew Doughty (5), Mikey Anderson (3) |
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Goal | 2nd Period 15:41 | Kevin Fiala Goal (9) Wrist Shot, assists: Quinton Byfield (12), Cody Ceci (4) |
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Goal | 2nd Period 17:16 | John Tavares Goal (11) Backhand, assists: William Nylander (17), Matthew Knies (17) |
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Goal | 3rd Period 13:10 | Alex Laferriere Goal (4) Tip-In, assists: Brandt Clarke (7), Brian Dumoulin (2) |
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Goal | 4th Period 0:35 | Quinton Byfield Goal (4) Slap Shot, assists: Drew Doughty (6), Adrian Kempe (13) |
Statistics
 LA |
 TOR |
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|---|---|---|
| 7 | Blocked Shots | 20 |
| 14 | Hits | 26 |
| 3 | Takeaways | 2 |
| 37 | Shots | 15 |
| 0 | Power Play Goals | 0 |
| 2 | Power Play Opportunities | 1 |
| 0.0 | Power Play Percentage | 0.0 |
| 0 | Short Handed Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Shootout Goals | 0 |
| 15 | Faceoffs Won | 38 |
| 28.3 | Faceoff Win Percent | 71.7 |
| 18 | Giveaways | 18 |
| 1 | Total Penalties | 2 |
| 2 | Penalty Minutes | 4 |
Toronto Maple Leafs Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| John Tavares, C | Injured Reserve | Nov 4 |
| Kirill Marchenko, RW | Injured Reserve | Oct 29 |
| Miles Wood, LW | Injured Reserve | Oct 28 |
| Nick Blankenburg, D | Injured Reserve | Oct 23 |
| Marshall Rifai, D | Injured Reserve | Oct 22 |
Los Angeles Kings Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Mats Zuccarello, RW | Injured Reserve | Oct 29 |
| Kevin Fiala, LW | Injured Reserve | Oct 29 |
| Alex Turcotte, C | Injured Reserve | Oct 10 |
| Jakub Dvorak, D | Injured Reserve | Sep 24 |
| Jan Jenik, C | Injured Reserve | Sep 24 |
