#LAKings Kings’ Drew Doughty sustains knee injury in OT loss to Stars (Daily News)

• Kings center Rasmus Kupari, left, gets the puck away from Dallas Stars left wing Jamie Benn during the first period of Friday night’s game in Dallas. (AP Photo/Richard W. Rodriguez)
  
  
• Dallas Stars center Jacob Peterson, left, and Kings left wing Carl Grundstrom vie for the puck during the first period of Friday night’s game in Dallas. (AP Photo/Richard W. Rodriguez)
  
  
• Kings center Anze Kopitar celebrates after with his teammates after he scored a goal against the Dallas Stars during the first period of Friday night’s game in Dallas. Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
  
  
• Kings center Anze Kopitar celebrates with his teammates after he scored a goal against the Dallas Stars during the first period of Friday night’s game in Dallas. Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
  
  
• Dallas Stars left wing Jamie Benn shoots the puck as the Kings’ Alex Iafallo, left, defends and goaltender Jonathan Quick extends himself during the first period of Friday night’s game in Dallas. Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
  
  
• Dallas Stars left wing Jamie Benn shoots the puck as the Kings’ Alex Iafallo, left, defends and goaltender Jonathan Quick extends himself during the first period of Friday night’s game in Dallas. Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
  
  
• Dallas Stars left wing Jamie Benn shoots the puck as the Kings’ Alex Iafallo, left, defends and goaltender Jonathan Quick extends himself during the first period of Friday night’s game in Dallas. Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
  
  
• Dallas Stars left wing Jamie Benn celebrates a goal by Tyler Seguin, not pictured, against Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick during the first period of Friday night’s game in Dallas. (AP Photo/Richard W. Rodriguez)
  
  
• Dallas Stars center Tyler Seguin, left, and Kings defenseman Drew Doughty battle for the puck during the first period of Friday night’s game in Dallas. (AP Photo/Richard W. Rodriguez)
  
  
• Kings left wing Carl Grundstrom, left, tries to shoot on Dallas Stars goaltender Braden Holtby during the second period of Friday night’s game in Dallas. (AP Photo/Richard W. Rodriguez)
  
  
• Kings defenseman Drew Doughty stays down on the ice after a knee-to-knee collision with the Dallas Stars’ Jani Hakanpaa during the second period of Friday night’s game in Dallas. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
  
  
• Kings defenseman Drew Doughty holds his knee as he lays on the ice after a knee-to-knee collision with the Dallas Stars’ Jani Hakanpaa during the second period of Friday night’s game in Dallas. (AP Photo/Richard W. Rodriguez)
  
  
• Dallas Stars goaltender Braden Holtby gives up a goal to the Kings’ Gabe Vilardi during the second period of Friday night’s game in Dallas. Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
  
  
• The Kings’ Gabe Vilardi, left, celebrates with Sean Walker after scoring a goal against the Dallas Stars during the second period of Friday night’s game in Dallas. Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
  
  
• The Kings’ Gabe Vilardi, left, celebrates with Sean Walker, center, and Arthur Kaliyev after scoring a goal against the Dallas Stars during the second period of Friday night’s game in Dallas. Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
  
  
• Kings center Gabe Vilardi (13) fist-bumps Anze Kopitar (11) after scoring a goal against the Dallas Stars during the second period of an NHL hockey game Friday, Oct. 22, 2021, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Richard W. Rodriguez)
  
  
• The Kings’ Arthur Kaliyev (34), Adrian Kempe (9) and Sean Walker (26) celebrate a goal by center Gabe Vilardi (13) during the second period of Friday night’s game against the Stars in Dallas. (AP Photo/Richard W. Rodriguez)
  
  
• Kings defenseman Matt Roy, left, defends as Dallas Stars left wing Michael Raffl tries to score against goaltender Jonathan Quick during the second period of Friday night’s game against the Stars in Dallas. (AP Photo/Richard W. Rodriguez)
  

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DALLAS — Anze Kopitar scored his sixth goal in the season’s first four games, but the Kings lost their third straight game Friday night, dropping a 3-2 overtime decision to the Dallas Stars, but they might have suffered a far more significant loss.
Veteran defenseman Drew Doughty was involved in a scary-looking collision with Dallas Stars rookie defenseman Jani Hakanpaa and was helped off the ice with a right knee injury during the second period.
He did not return to the bench, and Kings coach Todd McLellan said Doughty will be evaluated Saturday.
“We’ll know more in the next few days,” he said.
“I was just trying to deny him the entry to our zone,” said Hakanpaa, who was given a 5-minute major penalty for kneeing and a game misconduct after the knee-to-knee contact with Doughty. “It was unfortunate what happened.”
Denis Gurianov scored on a rushing backhander from the right circle 4:15 into overtime for his first point of the season to give the Stars the victory in their home opener.
“We had quite a bit of chances; we had chances in overtime, too,” Kopitar said. “It’s something that, obviously, we’ve got to capitalize on if we want to win games.”
Kopitar opened the scoring on a back-door tap-in from Viktor Arvidsson, who slid a pass through traffic on one knee with about three minutes left in the first.
With goals in each of the Kings’ first four games, Kopitar is two games short of the franchise record to open a season (Charlie Simmer, six games to open 1979-80) and matched his career best for consecutive games with a goal.
Gabe Vilardi gave the Kings (1-2-1) a 2-1 lead when he scored a power-play goal during the major penalty on Hakanpaa. His first goal of the season came from the right circle with just under three minutes left in the second period. Jonathan Quick made 20 saves for the Kings.
Braden Holtby kept Dallas (3-2-0) in the game by stopping 43 shots. Of the Stars’ three wins, two have come in overtime and one in a shootout.
“Compared to shootouts, I think we should do overtime the whole time,” said Holtby, who came to Dallas from Vancouver as a free agent in July. “You get scoring chances, guys can show off their skill, and it’s a fun challenge for us goalies. It’s awesome.”
Miro Heiskanan played 29:07 and had a goal and two assists, giving the fourth-year defenseman 100 career points. Tyler Seguin had a goal and an assist after going the first four games without a point.
Dallas’ first two goals came on the power play. Seguin scored in the final minute of the first period. Heiskanen’s goal came at 10:58 of the third period, seconds after a 5-on-3 expired.
After Kopitar scored, Seguin quickly evened the score at 1-1 with Doughty off for cross-checking. Seguin’s one-timer from the left faceoff dot followed a pass from the right point by Ryan Suter with 40 seconds left in the opening period.
Seguin played only the final three games of last season after having hip surgery in November 2020.
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Dallas’ first home game of the season was played before a capacity crowd at American Airlines Center for the first time since March 10, 2020. The Stars went 2-2-0 opening the season on the road, both wins coming after regulation.
NOTES

The Kings went 1 for 6 on the power play, the Stars 2 for 5. … Dallas coach Rick Bowness said he hopes forwards Jason Robertson (upper body) and Blake Comeau (upper body) can play their first games this season on Monday and defensemen John Klingberg (low body) can return for the first time since being injured in the team’s Oct. 14 opener.
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The Kings play at St. Louis on Saturday to finish their first back-to-back this season. It’s also the first of two games in three days in St. Louis.


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