Kings overcome Gibson's 48 saves, defeat Ducks in shootout

LOS ANGELES -- Drew Doughty and Kevin Fiala each had a goal and an assist for the Los Angeles Kings in a 3-2 shootout win against the Anaheim Ducks at Crypto.com Arena on Saturday.

David Rittich made 22 saves for the Kings (29-17-10), who are 7-2-1 in their past 10 games. Pierre-Luc Dubois and Trevor Moore scored in the shootout, and Rittich saved attempts by Mason McTavish and Alex Killorn.

Los Angeles is 2-5 in games that have gone to a shootout this season.

“Obviously, the shootout, we haven’t been great at shootouts all year, so that was big for confidence,” said Kings forward Adrian Kempe, who had two assists. “And I think overall [we] deserved the two points. Maybe wasn’t our best performance overall, but it was a big win.”

John Gibson made 48 saves for the Ducks (20-34-3).

“Even though it has been a while since we've played them this year, that rivalry is always there,” Anaheim center Sam Carrick said. “We would have liked to beat them tonight here in their own building. I thought it was a pretty good effort overall by our guys, and we'll build on it.”

Jakob Silfverberg put the Ducks up 1-0 at 9:33 of the first period, scoring on a wrist shot from the left circle that beat Rittich under his glove on the power play.

Fiala tied it 1-1 on the power play at 15:23 with a wrist shot from the left circle through a screen by Anze Kopitar. It was his third straight game with a power-play goal.

“Goal-scorers, they like to feel it,” Kings interim coach Jim Hiller said. “Once you get one, all of a sudden you got a lot more confidence. Instead of thinking pass, you’re thinking shot, and I think that’s what we’re seeing with Kevin. I thought that was one of Kevin’s better games of the year. In the O-zone, he looked like himself.”

Carrick gave Anaheim a 2-1 lead at 9:08 of the second period. He got a touch on Adam Henrique’s centering pass on a 2-on-1 rush while short-handed before it went in off Doughty’s stick.

Doughty, though, tied it 2-2 at 14:24 on a wrist shot from the high slot through traffic on the power play.

The Kings were 2-for-4 on the power play and went 5-for-9 with the man-advantage during a three-game homestand. However, it was their second straight game where they failed to score at even strength following a 5-1 loss to the Nashville Predators on Thursday.

“The last two games maybe haven’t had as many chances as previous games,” Kempe said. “But hopefully it’s just a fluke and something we can get out of next game.”

The Ducks were 1-for-2 on the power play, but coach Greg Cronin said his team wasted promising scoring chances at even strength.

“We had multiple 2-on-1’s and we had a 3-on-1 where I think we passed it.” Cronin said. “We didn't take shots.”

NOTES: Doughty got his 20th assist of the season on Fiala’s goal. It is his 11th consecutive season reaching the mark. … Kempe has 51 points (19 goals, 32 assists) in 56 games. He has reached the 50-point mark in each of the past three seasons. … The Kings are 6-2-0 since Hiller replaced Todd McLellan as coach on Feb. 2.