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The Washington Capitals fell to the Los Angeles Kings, 3-0, Thursday night at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. The loss snaps a five-game winning streak and drops the Capitals’ record to 43-15-8 (94 points) on the season.
LINEUP
Charlie Lindgren (15-10-3, 2.64 GAA, .899 sv%) got the start between the pipes for the visiting Capitals. Darcy Kuemper (20-8-7, 2.27 GAA, .915 sv%) got the start in goal for the Kings. The starting forward lines and defensive pairs for the Capitals:
Alex Ovechkin — Dylan Strome — Tom Wilson
Connor McMichael — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Aliaksei Protas
Andrew Mangiapane – Lars Eller — Taylor Raddysh
Brandon Duhaime — Nic Dowd — Anthony Beauvillier
Rasmus Sandin — John Carlson
Martin Fehervary — Matt Roy
Jakob Chychrun — Trevor Van Riemsdyk
Charlie Lindgren
Logan Thompson
Scratched: Ethen Frank, Alex Alexeyev, Dylan McIlrath.
Injured: Sonny Milano (upper-body), Nicklas Backstrom (hip), T.J. Oshie (back).
Roster moves: Jakub Vrana was waived by the team this week and claimed by the Nashville Predators. Anthony Beauvillier was acquired from the Pittsburgh Penguins for a second-round draft pick last Friday.
1ST PERIOD
The Kings opened the scoring late in the first frame. Warren Foegele (19) tucked home a loose puck in close for the initial tally. T. Moore (17) had the lone assist.
PUCKS ON NET pic.twitter.com/JxUbPZNDVA
— LA Kings (@LAKings) March 14, 2025
And that was it for the first frame. The Kings led in five-on-five shot attempts, 16-11, and expected goals for, 0.76 to 0.41.
2ND PERIOD
The Capitals and Kings skated to a scoreless draw in the middle frame. The Kings led in five-on-five shot attempts, 15-14, and expected goals for, 0.30 to 0.29.
3RD PERIOD
The Kings stretched their lead to 2-0 early in the final frame on a snipe from Kevin Fiala (25) at 1:05. A. Kopitar (37) and D. Doughty (6) had the helpers.
KEV ON THE POWER PLAYYYYY pic.twitter.com/QhW07nueot
— LA Kings (@LAKings) March 14, 2025
The Kings quickly increased their lead. Quinton Byfield (16) made it 3-0 at 1:52. K. Fiala (19) and V. Gavrikov (20) had the assists.
DON’T LOOK NOW BUT QUINTON BYFIELD HAS GOALS IN 5 STRAIGHT pic.twitter.com/1ox184GwVj
— LA Kings (@LAKings) March 14, 2025
That was it, as the Kings held on for the 3-0 shutout.
