LOS ANGELES (AP) — Matty Beniers and Brandon Montour scored 54 seconds apart late in the first period and the Seattle Kraken held off the Los Angeles Kings 2-1 on Monday night.
Beniers scored his 19th goal of the season when he went hard to the net to put home a rebound into an open net to tie it at 18:35. Montour scored with 30.6 seconds left in the period, beating Darcy Kuemper on the goaltender’s glove side to set a career-high with 17 goals.
Joey Daccord made 28 saves for Seattle.
Quinton Byfield scored his 20th goal and Kuemper finished with 26 saves for Los Angeles, which snapped a four-game winning streak two nights after clinching a playoff spot for the fourth year in a row. The Kings dropped to 29-5-4 at home this season.
Byfield scored just 1:48 into the game. He was tangled with Shane Wright in front of the net after a faceoff, deflected a Kyle Burroughs point shot and finished with a one-handed shot. Byfield took sole possession of fourth on the Kings’ scoring list this season, breaking a tie with Anze Kopitar. Adrian Kempe leads the team with 33.
Takeaways
Kraken: Seattle has scored 12 goals in the last three games, while allowing just two, to remain perfect on a five-game road trip.
Kings: Kuemper kept it a one-goal game by making three great stops in the second. He denied Eeli Tolvanen on two breakaway attempts and he reached behind to make a stick save on Jaden Schwartz’s shot on a wide-open net with 2:42 left.
Key moment
The Kings only managed one shot on goal during a 5 on 3 for 1:51 in the first period.
Key stat
Montour has the fourth-most goals among defensemen this season, behind only Cale Makar (30), Zach Werenski (20) and Jakob Chychrun (20).
Up next
Kraken play at Utah on Tuesday, and Kings host Anaheim on Thursday.
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