ST. PAUL, Minn. — Shut out for two periods, the Kings found their form with a three-goal third and salvaged a point with a shootout loss to the Minnesota Wild on Monday night.
Marco Rossi scored in the fourth round of the shootout to help Minnesota hon on for a 4-3 win.
Power-play goals by Jared Spurgeon, Kirill Kaprizov and Matt Boldy gave Minnesota a 3-0 lead late in the first period.
The score remained 3-0 until the third period when Kevin Fiala, Quinton Byfield scored early and Adrain Kempe late to send the game to overtime.
Fiala banked a rebound off the back of Jesper Wallstedt early in the third and Byfield added a power-play goal less than three minutes later to pull the Kings within 3-2 with 13:38 left. Kempe fed a perfect pass to the slot for Byfield, who ripped a one-timer past Wallstedt’s right leg.
The Kings had an empty net and were playing with an extra attacker when Kempe chased down a long rebound in the left circle and fired a wrist shot into the net with 44.4 seconds left in regulation.
Darcy Kuemper stopped 23 shots for the Kings, who again struggled to stay out of the penalty box. Whistled for six infractions on Monday, the Kings have been short-handed 22 times through their first four games of the season.
Making his season debut and first start since Dec. 21, 2024, Wallstedt made 31 saves for Minnesota. Vladimir Tarasenko had two assists.
Spurgeon scored 14:04 into the game with a shot from the right circle that went through a screen by Vinnie Hinostroza for a 1-0 Wild lead.
With a two-man advantage, Kaprizov scored from the slot just over two minutes later and Boldy skated in from below the right circle and his shot went off the glove of Kuemper at the post to make 3-0 at 16:33.
The Wild are converting on an NHL-best 47.1% of their power-play opportunities. Minnesota has scored eight times in 17 chances, including four goals in Saturday’s 7-4 loss to Columbus.
Kaprizov and Boldy each have a team-high three goals and seven points. Colorado’s Nathan MacKinnon and Martin Necas have a league-best eight points apiece.
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