LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kevin Fiala Have one goal and one assist, and Anton Forsberg Made 28 saves after replacing the injured Darcy Cooper The Los Angeles Kings defeated the slumping New York Rangers 4-3 on Tuesday night.
Adrian Kempe, Tyler Ward and Andrei Kuzmenko also scored for the Kings, who snapped a four-game skid with just their second regular-season win in January.
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Kuemper conceded 2 goals on 8 shots, but with 38 seconds left in the first quarter, he collided with an opponent in the charging zone and suddenly left the field. Jonny Brozinski.
Forsberg has performed well since taking over for Canadian Olympian Kuemper. Kuemper suffered a head injury in a loss to Dallas last month and missed 2 1/2 weeks.
JT Miller Scored two goals for the Rangers, who sit bottom of the Eastern Conference after losing seven of eight games.
Jonathan Quick The Kings drafted him in 2005 after making 23 saves in his third start and fourth against the Kings. Quick, who turns 40 on Wednesday, won 370 games, 199 more than any other Kings goaltender, while helping the club to two Stanley Cup championships in 16 seasons in Los Angeles.
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Kempe scored 18 seconds after the opening confrontation.
Only 42 seconds later Will CoolerFiala’s 18th goal for New York came by intercepting an ill-advised pass from his former Kings teammate Vladislav Gavrikov.
Miller tied the score again late in the first quarter Mika Zibanejadof the pass.
Ward put the Kings back in front early in the second period, scoring his first goal of the season with a snap shot off Quick’s far post. After the Los Angeles team killed 96 seconds at a five-on-three disadvantage, Kuzmenco scored the ball with a backhand after receiving a rebound from Fiala’s shot.
Miller scored his 13th goal in the final seconds as Quick brought on an extra attacker.
Next
Rangers: At San Jose on Friday.
Kings: Open a six-game road trip Saturday at St. Louis.