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LOS ANGELES-- Tanner Pearson scored with 20 seconds left in overtime to give the Los Angeles Kings their eighth straight win, 3-2 against the Carolina Hurricanes at Staples Center on Saturday.

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Tyler Toffoli and Anze Kopitar scored 2:49 apart in the second period, and Jonathan Quick made 32 saves and is 6-0-0 allowing nine goals in his past six starts.
The Kings (20-8-3) have the longest winning streak in the NHL this season.
Elias Lindholm and Victor Rask scored in the final 6:57 of the third period for the Hurricanes (11-10-7), who have lost five straight road games (0-2-3). Scott Darling made 18 saves.
Carolina controlled the start of overtime, with Kopitar and Drew Doughty each on the ice for the opening 2:53 and Toffoli for 2:42 while the Hurricanes made three line changes. Los Angeles broke forward in the final 30 seconds and Pearson followed his shot to beat Darling for his sixth goal of the season.
"It wasn't the way we wanted to finish that game, but we'll take it," said Pearson, who had an assist to give him seven points (two goals, five assists) in his past six games.

Lindholm tied the game 2-2 with 2:22 remaining in the third period on a delayed penalty, putting in a rebound of Derek Ryan's shot. It was the second straight game when Los Angeles gave up a late goal to create overtime; the Ottawa Senators scored with nine seconds remaining before the Kings won 4-3 on Thursday.
"I think this group understands that we had a lead, gave it up, but we still had an opportunity to get two points," Los Angeles coach John Stevens said. "There's a big chunk of the group that knows how to win, comfortable playing in tight game. They're not going to sit there and hang their head cause things didn't go their way. There was still time on the clock to make it right."
Rask shot from the right dot to make it 2-1 with 6:57 remaining. He scored for the second game in a row, and Teuvo Teravainen had an assist for the second straight game.
"We did a good job of fighting back and just staying with it," Hurricanes center Jordan Staal said. "We've been a little mentally soft the last few games and tonight we could have easily folded. The third period was big for us. It was a whole game of working hard, which is what we want to do, and we play like that every night we're going to be a lot better off."
Toffoli's 14th goal put the Kings in front 1-0 at 6:27 of the second period. Los Angeles made it 2-0 at 9:16, with Kopitar reaching out to redirect Toffoli's pass for his 16th goal.
Kopitar extended his point streak to five games (four goals, six assists).
Quick made saves on Teravainen and Aho in overtime.
"Oh, it was just a gusty effort from us," Toffoli said. "I think [Quick] did a really good job of helping the three of us that were on the ice there, and we just locked it up and didn't really give them as much as they probably wanted knowing that we were out there for so long. But we' take it."

Goal of the game

Pearson's goal 4:40 into overtime.

Save of the game

Quick's save on Justin Faulk 1:04 into overtime.

Highlight of the game

Quick stopped Aho's backhand at 13:31 of the first period.

They said it

"I wouldn't say it's a wave. I think we're just a really good hockey team and we're playing good hockey and sticking together and finding ways to win games." -- Kings forward Tyler Toffoli
"The guys were dialed in right from the drop of the puck. I thought there's lots of things we can build on and move forward with." -- Hurricanes coach Bill Peters

Need to know

Kings defenseman Christian Folin had an assist for his third point (one goal, two assists) in four games after he had two in the first 18. … Carolina, which leads the NHL in face-off win percentage, was 30 of 52 (58 percent).

What's next

Hurricanes: At the Anaheim Ducks on Monday (10 p.m. ET; FS-W, FS-CR, NHL.TV)
Kings: At the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday (7 p.m. ET; MSG+, FS-W, NHL.TV)