#LAKings Kings 12-game points streak ends with loss to Flames (Daily News)
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CALGARY, Alberta It took a spectacular night from Jacob Markstrom to cool the red-hot Kings.
The Calgary Flames goaltender made 32 saves to backstop his team to a critical 2-1 victory that ended the Kings franchise-record 12-game points streak.
Sean Durzi had the lone goal for the Kings, who had scored 19 goals in their previous three games. The Kings have been the NHLs hottest team since the All-Star break and had gone 10-0-2 in their past 12 games.
The Kings entered the night two points behind Vegas and three points ahead of Edmonton in the battle for first place in the Pacific Division.
Andrew Mangiapane and Walker Duehr scored for Calgary, which won its second consecutive game and improved to 7-3-2 in its last dozen outings.
The Flames opened the night four points behind the Winnipeg Jets, who occupy the final wild-card berth in the NHLs Western Conference.
Starting for the 15th time in the last 16 games, it was one of Markstroms best games of the season.
The veteran came up with several important saves to make the Flames 2-1 lead from the first period hold up the rest of the way.
In his sixth start in goal since being acquired by the Kings in a trade with the Columbus Blue Jackets, Joonas Korpisalo lost for the first time, with 30 stops.
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Momentum swung halfway through the first when Rasmus Anderssons goal, which would have made it 2-0, was waved off after an offside review. Less than two minutes later, the Kings tied it.
Durzi was left with open space to skate in from the blue line and he whipped a shot into the top corner.
Calgary restored its lead at 17:59 when Duehr scored the goal that would stand up as the game-winner, slipping a shot past Korpisalo from the side of the net. It was the sixth goal in 21 games for the rookie from South Dakota, who was playing on the fourth line.
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The Kings continue their four-game road trip on Thursday night at Edmonton.
More to come on this story.
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The Calgary Flames goaltender made 32 saves to backstop his team to a critical 2-1 victory that ended the Kings franchise-record 12-game points streak.
Sean Durzi had the lone goal for the Kings, who had scored 19 goals in their previous three games. The Kings have been the NHLs hottest team since the All-Star break and had gone 10-0-2 in their past 12 games.
The Kings entered the night two points behind Vegas and three points ahead of Edmonton in the battle for first place in the Pacific Division.
Andrew Mangiapane and Walker Duehr scored for Calgary, which won its second consecutive game and improved to 7-3-2 in its last dozen outings.
The Flames opened the night four points behind the Winnipeg Jets, who occupy the final wild-card berth in the NHLs Western Conference.
Starting for the 15th time in the last 16 games, it was one of Markstroms best games of the season.
The veteran came up with several important saves to make the Flames 2-1 lead from the first period hold up the rest of the way.
In his sixth start in goal since being acquired by the Kings in a trade with the Columbus Blue Jackets, Joonas Korpisalo lost for the first time, with 30 stops.
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Momentum swung halfway through the first when Rasmus Anderssons goal, which would have made it 2-0, was waved off after an offside review. Less than two minutes later, the Kings tied it.
Durzi was left with open space to skate in from the blue line and he whipped a shot into the top corner.
Calgary restored its lead at 17:59 when Duehr scored the goal that would stand up as the game-winner, slipping a shot past Korpisalo from the side of the net. It was the sixth goal in 21 games for the rookie from South Dakota, who was playing on the fourth line.
UP NEXT
The Kings continue their four-game road trip on Thursday night at Edmonton.
More to come on this story.
https://www.dailynews.com/2023/03/28...oss-to-flames/