The Los Angeles Kings beat the Ottawa Senators 6-5 in overtime Thursday at crypto.com Arena, with Quinton Byfield scoring the winning goal 3:37 into the extra period after the Senators erased a 5-1 deficit. Drew Doughty had three assists as the Kings held on after a four-goal third-period surge by Ottawa.
Los Angeles built a 5-1 lead through two periods before Ottawa scored four straight in the third to force overtime. Dylan Cozens scored twice in the third period, and Shane Pinto tied it 5-5 with 1:40 remaining in regulation. Drake Batherson added a goal and two assists for the Senators.
Key Moments: How The Kings Won It
Los Angeles controlled the middle two periods. Tyler Kleven opened the scoring for Ottawa 11:24 into the first period, but Erik Haula tied it with a tip-in just under four minutes later. The Kings then took over, scoring four goals in a span of less than nine minutes of the second period. Trevor Moore, Mikey Anderson, Joel Armia and Panarin all found the net to make it 5-1 heading into the third.
Ottawa answered with its own surge. Cozens scored twice around a Batherson goal to cut the deficit to 4-5, and Pinto tipped in the tying goal with 1:40 remaining in regulation to send the game to overtime. Byfield ended it early in the extra period, scoring off assists from Doughty and Panarin to give the Kings their sixth win of the season.
Top Performers
Doughty led all skaters with three assists and finished plus-2. Byfield scored the overtime winner. Panarin and Haula each scored once.
For Ottawa, Cozens paced the Senators with two goals and three points. Batherson added a goal and two assists, and Tim Stutzle had three assists. Darcy Kuemper made 17 saves on 22 shots for Los Angeles. Ottawa split time between Samuel Ersson, who allowed two goals on 22 shots, and Jonas Johansson, who allowed four goals on 16 shots in relief.
What It Means
The win lifts Los Angeles to 4-6-2 on the season but keeps the Kings at the bottom of the Pacific Division standings. Ottawa falls to 8-5-1 with the overtime loss, sitting fourth in the Atlantic Division. Los Angeles also took a 1-0 lead in the season series between the two clubs.
The Kings out-shot the Senators 38-22 and converted two of seven power-play chances compared to Ottawa’s one for four. Los Angeles also won 32 of its faceoffs to Ottawa’s 30, a narrow edge that mattered little given how much the game swung on special teams and third-period execution.
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