Alex Laferriere's Three-point Effort Leads Kings To Win Over Rangers

NEW YORK — Alex Laferriere had a extremity and 2 assists to lead nan Kings to a 4-1 win complete nan New York Rangers connected Monday night.

Drew Doughty, Mikey Anderson and Trevor Moore besides scored for nan Kings, which has won 3 of five.

Darcy Kuemper stopped 21 shots.

Despite 22 saves from Igor Shesterkin, New York’s four-game winning streak ended.

Vincent Trocheck’s power-play extremity 2:29 into nan 3rd play spoiled Kuemper’s bid for his 3rd shutout of nan season.

The Kings jumped retired to a 1-0 lead connected Doughty’s 5th extremity of nan twelvemonth pinch 6:31 near successful nan first. Doughty flung a changeable from nan near wall that Shesterkin could not spot done nan screen.

Anderson scored his 4th of nan play 4:31 into nan second, and Laferriere’s power-play extremity 28 seconds later extended nan Kings’ advantage to 3-0.

Trocheck’s 14th extremity of nan play prevented New York from being unopen retired for nan 10th clip this season.

The crippled marked Artemi Panarin ’s return to New York aft Rangers wide head Chris Drury traded him to nan Kings for imaginable correct helping Liam Greentree and a conditional third-round draught prime connected Feb. 4. The 34-year-old Panarin subsequently signed a two-year, $22-million hold pinch nan Kings.

Up adjacent for nan Kings: Begin a two-game homestand Thursday against Philadelphia.