The Kings offensive comes to life in a record victory on sharks – Orange County Register

The goalkeeper of the San Jose Sharks, Georgi Romanov, is marked by the right of the Kings Adrian Kempe, on the left, during the second period of a NHL hockey match on Sunday, March 30, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP photo / Mark J. Terill)

Kings goalkeeper David Rittich Gicle of water before a NHL hockey match against San Jose Sharks, Sunday, March 30, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP photo / Mark J. Terill)

The defender of San Jose Shakir Mukhamadullin, on the left, and the left wing of the Kings Warren Foegele compete for the washer during the second period of an NHL hockey match, Sunday, March 30, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP photo / Mark J. Terill)

The Kings’ left wing, Warren Foegele, on the left, tries to shoot after the goalkeeper of the Sharks in San Jose, Georgi Romanov, during the second period of a NHL hockey match on Sunday, March 30, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP photo / Mark J. Terill)

Kings goalkeeper David Rittich is a shot from the center of San Jose Sharks Macklin Celebrini during the third period of an NHL hockey match on Sunday, March 30, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP photo / Mark J. Terill)

Kings goalkeeper David Rittich, on the right, stops a shot by the right wing of the San Jose Carl Grustrom, Center and Center Trevor Lewis helps to defend during the first period of a NHL hockey match on Sunday, March 30, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP photo / Mark J. Terill)

The Kings Center Trevor Lewis, below collided with goalkeeper David Rittich after Rittich died in the first period of an NHL hockey match against the San Jose Sharks on Sunday, March 30, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP photo / Mark J. Terill)

The left wing of San Jose Sharks, William Eklund, on the left, pulls the washer while the goalkeeper of the Kings David Rittich divert him during the first period of an NHL hockey match, Sunday, March 30, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP photo / Mark J. Terill)

Warren Foegele, Warren Foegele, Center and San Jose Sharks, Noah Gregor fought for the washer during the first period of a NHL hockey match on Sunday, March 30, 2025 in Los Angeles. (AP photo / Mark J. Terill)

Kings left Jeff Malott, on the left, and the center of San Jose Sharks Tyler Toffoli fight for the washer during the first period of a NHL hockey match, Sunday March 30, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP photo / Mark J. Terill)

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The goalkeeper of the San Jose Sharks, Georgi Romanov, is marked by the right of the Kings Adrian Kempe, on the left, during the second period of a NHL hockey match on Sunday, March 30, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP photo / Mark J. Terill)

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Los Angeles – In a tired leg battle, the Kings kicked considerably harder than the Sharks in San Jose, whom they bordered in Crypto.com Arena on Sunday evening, marking a top of eight goals while only abandoning one.

The Kings played their sixth game in nine days of calendar, going 4-2-0 despite their busy schedule. The Sharks skied in their third match in four nights, the first of which went to a shooting.

The Kings have broken a link with Edmonton’s Oilers for second place in the Pacific division, now holding a two -point lead before a last section that has nine game games for the two clubs. The Kings are now 27-4-4 at home, which means a franchise record for home victories with six home games to do on their slate. On home ice cream, they have the best percentage of NHL points, the second lower goal-but-amainst, a killing of the first 10 and even an offense among the first 10, thanks to the shine of 14 goals last weekend in two games and a Sunday outburst.

San Jose has lost for the 15th time in his last 20 games, keeping them two points behind – or in advance, depending on his perspective – the Chicago Blackhawks for the worst League record and the best lottery ratings. These two teams selected the first in the last two projects, Chicago taking Connor Bedard in 2023 and San Jose selected Macklin Celebrini last year.

Adrian Kempe and Warren Foegele scored two goals each. Andrei Kuzmenko filed a goal and installed two others. Trevor Moore had a goal and helped a Danault Phillip. Trevor Lewis counted. Captain Ane Kopitar collected three assists. Quinton Byfield, Drew Doughty and Vladislav Gavrikov each contributed two aids. David Rittch made 22 stops.

Cameron Lund gathered the San Jose solitary objective. The fifth appearance of Georgi Romanov in the NHL did not go well because he gave eight goals on 35 shots.

The Kings inserted two other accounts in the third period for a period of 33 seconds.

Lewis scored his fifth goal this season on a long shot with 4:38 on the match clock after Kuzmenko turned on the lamp with 5:11 to play, scoring the rush between the circles for its ninth goal of a campaign divided between three different teams.

The Kings had already opened the match in the second stanza, granting a goal early, then responding with four unanswered accounts.

They moved to 29-1-2 when they held an advance in 40 minutes, heading towards the locker room at the top of 6-1 after scoring two goals 35 seconds intervals in the last minute (19:03 and 19:38).

The second marker of the Kempe match and the 31st of the year came after Kuzmenko turned a backhand in Gavrikov, who checked the puck of his reverse in Kempe for a single authority.

Mikey Anderson’s Foegele’s diversion by Foegele faufilled himself in the Five Romanov hole to do so 5-1, after Foegele has already scored at brand 13:31 for goals n ° 21 and 22 as king. Brandt Clarke struck the Foegele shot on the net of the net, where Foegele Alertly pivoted to leap on the washer and pass him in front of Romanov for his second electric goal of the season.

Their third goal came out of the second brilliant assistant from Kopitar’s night. After a recovery from Kuzememenko, he made a boost and between the legs, to strike Moore in the process for his 16th goal of 2024-25.

San Jose had opened the scoring in the context, Lund capitalizing on a fortuitous rebound at 4:52 am, 19 seconds after the expiration of his penalty.

The first period was riddled with penalties, four in total, and the Kings took advantage of, marking a marker more man and adding another de facto power game objective. They scored six seconds after the first penalty of the Sharks was up and again six seconds before the expiration of their second.

They also killed a disadvantage of 1:41 to two between these objectives, which arrived at 5:35 and 3:13.

Kempe’s count has given Kings an advance of 2-0 and its third campaign of 30 goals in the past four years. San Jose collapsed around his net, but the diligent position of Kuzmenko, the passage of Kopitar’s eye and a journey to the net to beat two Kempe sharks merged on the redirection lens.

They were mounted on the table after Moore checked a washer below the goal line and had transmitted it on the net of the net for Byfield, whose pass for Danault on his knees of Danault became the eighth goal of the captain of the season.