Islanders Cash In While Kings Ring the Posts in a 5-2 Loss
The Los Angeles Kings had the puck, the shots and the better looks for most of the night, and still went home with a 5-2 loss to the New York Islanders. New York simply finished what it got, and LA didn't.
The Kings outshot the Islanders 28-21 and fired 69 shot attempts to 37, close to two to one. By expected goals (how many goals a team's chances were worth), LA's looks added up to 2.67 against New York's 1.80. The bounces went the other way: Alex Laferriere and Joel Edmundson each rang a post.
Ilya Sorokin stopped 26 of 28, including 7 of 9 high-danger shots. At the other end, Darcy Kuemper saw only 20 shots and allowed four of them past him.
Brayden Schenn led New York with a goal and two assists, and Simon Holmstrom added a goal and a helper. For LA, Quinton Byfield and Trevor Moore scored, and Artemi Panarin put five shots on Sorokin. The Kings fall to 5-10-2, their third straight loss.
