Nashville Predators at Los Angeles Kings

· National Hockey League

Nashville Predators

36-31-10

Final
2 - 3

Los Angeles Kings

32-26-19

Adrian Kempe scores in shootout as Kings beat Predators 3-2

Nashville Predators vs. Los Angeles Kings: Game Highlights

Los Angeles has played extra time in seven of its last 10 games — and 32 this season.

Joel Armia opened the scoring for the Kings and Scott Laughton made it a 2-1 lead in the second period. Jared Wright has an assist in a career-best three straight games.

Steven Stamkos tied it at 1-all for the Predators and Roman Josi knotted it at 2 early in the third.

Anton Forsberg made 29 saves in the win for the Kings. Saros made 26 saves for the Predators.

The Kings won 58.3% of the faceoffs in the game.

All three series matchups this season went to a shootout, including a 5-4 victory for the Predators in Los Angeles last Thursday.

Up next Predators: Visit the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday.

Kings: Host the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday.

Regular Season Series

NSH wins series 2-1

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 5:36	Joel Armia Goal (12) Wrist Shot, assists: none
Goal	2nd Period 4:29	Steven Stamkos Goal (39) Slap Shot, assists: Ryan O'Reilly (45), Roman Josi (40)
Goal	2nd Period 13:57	Scott Laughton Goal (13) Wrist Shot, assists: Jared Wright (4)
Goal	3rd Period 4:18	Roman Josi Goal (13) Slap Shot, assists: Filip Forsberg (35), Erik Haula (23)
Goal	5 0:00	Adrian Kempe Goal Snap Shot

Statistics

NSH		LA
20	Blocked Shots	18
24	Hits	18
3	Takeaways	6
31	Shots	28
1	Power Play Goals	0
2	Power Play Opportunities	0
50.0	Power Play Percentage	0.0
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
25	Faceoffs Won	35
41.7	Faceoff Win Percent	58.3
18	Giveaways	14
0	Total Penalties	2
0	Penalty Minutes	4

Los Angeles Kings Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Adrian Kempe, RW	Out	Oct 31
Mats Zuccarello, RW	Injured Reserve	Oct 29
Kevin Fiala, LW	Injured Reserve	Oct 29
Alex Turcotte, C	Injured Reserve	Oct 10
Jakub Dvorak, D	Injured Reserve	Sep 24