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    Kings lose to Canucks in OT, but still gain on 3rd spot in Pacific Division
    • April 15, 2026

    VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The Kings saw their five-game win streak come to an end, but they still gained ground on third place in the Pacific Division despite losing to the Vancouver Canucks, 4-3 in overtime, on Tuesday night at Rogers Arena.

    Jake DeBrusk scored his second goal of the game at 2:58 of overtime, collecting a pass from center Elias Pettersson and tapping a shot in to seal the victory.

    The Kings (35-26-20, 90 points) did earn a point for the eighth straight game (6-0-2) and moved into a tie in points for third in the division with the Ducks, who lost to the Minnesota Wild, 3-2, on Tuesday.

    The Ducks own the regulation wins tiebreaker with the Kings (25-22) as each team heads into its regular-season finale trying to avoid finishing in the Western Conference’s second wild-card spot, which means a first-round playoff matchup with the league-leading Colorado Avalanche. The Kings close the regular season at Calgary on Thursday, while the Ducks go to Nashville for their finale.

    Quinton Byfield and Alex Laferriere each had a goal and an assist for the Kings on Tuesday. Adrian Kempe scored his 36th goal of the season, and Darcy Kuemper made 21 saves.

    Defenseman Elias Pettersson opened the scoring for the Canucks (25-48-8, 58 points), and DeBrusk and Zeev Buium added goals in the second period. Elias Pettersson had two assists. The Canucks won their third straight game for the first time since Dec. 14-20, when they took four straight road victories.

    Kevin Lankinen stopped 31 of the 34 shots he faced as Vancouver improved to 9-27-5 on home ice this season.

    DeBrusk scored for a third straight game. His three goals across the stretch came on the power play. The 29-year-old winger has scored 19 of his 23 goals with the man advantage this season.

    The Canucks outshot the Kings 7-4 as the two teams were tied 1-1 after 20 minutes.

    Pettersson scored at 9:21 of the first, putting his shot from the point under the blocker of a screened Kuemper for his third of the season.

    The Kings tied it 1-1 when Byfield redirected a Laferriere feed past Lankinen for his 23rd of the season – matching his career best.

    The Canucks took a 2-1 lead on a power play 52 seconds into the middle frame, banging home the loose puck off Brock Boeser’s shot past Kuemper for his 22nd.

    Kempe responded 12 seconds later, chipping an Anze Kopitar feed up and over the pad of Lankinen for his 36th of the season.

    The Kings took their first lead of the game at 2:17 of the second when Laferriere put home a rebound off Drew Doughty’s point shot for his 21st of the season.

    Buium tied it 3-3 at 9:20 of the second, completing a give-and-go with Nils Hoglander for his sixth of the season.

    Kopitar played his final game at Rogers Arena and registered an assist on Kempe’s second-period goal. He has 864 career assists, which ranks third among active players with a single franchise, trailing only the Pittsburgh Penguins’ Evgeni Malkin (874) and Sidney Crosby (1,107).

    UP NEXT

    The Kings play their regular-season finale at the Calgary Flames on Thursday at 6 p.m. PT.

    More to come on this story.

    ​ Orange County Register 

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