Anze Kopitar posts 999th career point in Kings 3-2 win
Field Level Media
04 May 2021, 14:55 GMT+10
Anze Kopitar scored a goal and had an assist to reach 999 career points and the visiting Los Angeles Kings earned a 3-2 victory Monday to deal a heavy blow to the Arizona Coyotes fading playoff chances in Glendale, Ariz.
Trevor Moore and Alex Iafallo also scored goals for the Kings, who kept their own slim playoff hopes still flickering.
Christian Dvorak and Jakob Chychrun each scored goals for the Coyotes, who are five points behind the fourth-place St. Louis Blues for the final West Division playoff spot with three regular-season games remaining. The Blues have six games remaining.
Game Recap
At any other point in the season, the Arizona Coyotes getting three out of four points against the Vegas Golden Knights would have been considered a win. But, with the St. Louis Blues getting a point last night in an overtime loss, it feels like it isn’t going to be enough.
Unlike Friday, the Coyotes did not have a good start to the game. Vegas looked like a completely different team to start the game, and the Coyotes didn’t have much to counter them.
Vegas took the first penalty of the game 2:02 into the first period when Reilly Smith was caught hooking Nick Schmaltz. The Coyotes failed to register a single shot on goal during the power play, and like we have seen so many times this season, Vegas had all the momentum after a successful kill.
Game Recap
Before tonight’s game, the consensus was that the Arizona Coyotes would need to be near perfect to make it into the playoffs. The Coyotes apparently heard us say that, and their response was shutting out the Vegas Golden Knights 3-0.
The Coyotes tend to play up or down to their competition. It makes watching them very inconsistent and extremely frustrating to watch, but it keeps games interesting. And against the Vegas Golden Knights, the second-best team in the West Division, they started well.
After two flat starts, it was a bit of a shock to see the Coyotes come out as strong as they did. They weren’t dominant, but they were matching the Golden Knights. Adin Hill made some big saves, and the team in front was keeping up with Vegas.
Kuemper, Coyotes beat Kings 4-0 to stay in playoff chase
By DAN GREENSPANApril 25, 2021 GMT
LOS ANGELES (AP) Phil Kessel had a goal and an assist, Darcy Kuemper made 26 saves for his second shutout of the season, nd the Arizona Coyotes defeated the Los Angeles Kings 4-0 on Saturday night.
John Hayden, Lawson Crouse and Jakob Chychrun also scored, helping the Coyotes remain fourth in the West Division. Arizona is one point ahead of St. Louis, which beat Colorado 5-3 earlier in the day, for the final playoff spot.
It was Kuemper’s 20th career shutout.
Cal Petersen made 36 saves for the Kings, who fell seven points behid the Coyotes.
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