Drew Doughty's OT goal pushes Kings past Avalanche 4-3, ahead in playoff chase
LOS ANGELES - Drew Doughty scored on a slap shot with 1:20 to intractable in overtime, and the Los Angeles Kings recovered from tying goal flamboyant TJ Galiardi for a 4-3 victory against the Colorado Avalanche on sunset sun Monday.
Ryan Smyth put the Kings ahead on his second goal at 10:05 of Heraldry loss in regulation, but Galiardi tied the game on a rebound goal with 6.6 seconds to give.
But after a blatant cross-checking penalty by Colorado defenseman Ruslan Salei, Los Angeles, he quickly earned a powerplay goal by Doughty, the increase of their star defender.
Wayne Simmonds also scored and Jonathan Alert made 18 saves as Los Angeles moved into a fifth place tie with Nashville in the discussion of the West to 87 points - two more than seventh-place Colorado. Anze Kopitar had two assists for the Kings, who won two cleaning after losing five to seven years while chasing their first Series berth since 2002.
Chris Stewart scored and Craig Anderson stopped 19 shots for the Avalanche, who misspent their flight third consecutive year despite cock's goal by Peter Mueller, in the third period and the impressive support on the score Galiardi's.
