Kempe scores twice, Kings rally past Bruins in shootout

BOSTON -- Adrian Kempe scored two goals for the Los Angeles Kings, who rallied for a 3-2 shootout win against the Boston Bruins at TD Garden on Thursday.

Kempe cut it to 2-1 at 8:29 of the third, scoring on the rebound of Fiala's shot off a cross-ice pass from Anze Kopitar. He then tied it 2-2 at 17:50 with a one-timer from the right face-off circle during a 5-on-3 power play.
"Power play got us one, so that was big for the momentum," Kempe said. "[In a] 2-0 game going into the third, you get one, you never know what happens. [We] put some pressure on them, so once again, great team effort."
Kevin Fiala had two assists, and Pheonix Copley made 33 saves for Los Angeles (16-12-5).
"The penalty kill [5-for-6] was a big part of it," Kings coach Todd McLellan said. "I don't think we want to be in that situation, but the guys did a tremendous job of attacking loose pucks when they were there and collapsing when they had to. Again, [Copley] played a big part in it. It felt like we had a chance to win if we got through that, and I think they played that way."

Trevor Moore scored the deciding goal in the seventh round of the shootout after signing a five-year, $21 million contract ($4.2 million average annual value) earlier in the day.
"I didn't want to have to go anywhere else, so it's a good feeling to just get it done and just focus on hockey and winning games," Moore said.
"(In the shootout) it's nice when the other guy doesn't score so you can just go out there and try to win it."
Taylor Hall and Brad Marchand scored, and Linus Ullmark made 27 saves for Boston (23-4-2), which extended its season-opening point streak at home to 17 games (15-0-2).
"I actually sensed frustration (rather than complacency), to be honest," Bruins coach Jim Montgomery said. "I think our first period was OK. I thought our second period started off really well, and we started doing a lot of really good things. And then when we got up 2-0, we got away from those things that were giving us success."

Hall gave Boston a 1-0 lead at 7:53 of the second period, snapping a wrist shot past Copley's blocker from the high slot during a delayed penalty.
"At the end of the day, that third period, I don't know if they wanted it more, whatever it was, but you're up 2-0 on home ice. It's got to be a win," Hall said."
Marchand made it 2-0 at 10:02 with a power-play goal. David Pastrnak worked his way deep into Los Angeles' zone before finding Marchand, who drifted into the right face-off circle and shot short side over Copley's left shoulder.
Boston had three power-play opportunities in the third, including one that extended into overtime, but couldn't get another shot past Copley.
"I still thought that we were going to win," Marchand said. "But those [late power-play opportunities] are the ones you have to capitalize on. When you get a late one there, especially in overtime, we kind of swung that one away, so that was frustrating."

In overtime, Ullmark made a quick glove save on Kempe at 2:41 before Copley responded 13 seconds later by making a chest save on Patrice Bergeron on a 2-on-1.
"We could have easily packed it in down by two," Copley said. "Everyone knows these guys are good at home, so being able to push through and keep working until we were able to find a way, that's huge, and these are the kinds of wins that you can build off of, so this is huge for us."
NOTES: Pastrnak's assist on Marchand's goal gave him 40 points (19 goals, 21 assists) in 29 games this season, the second-fastest he has reached the mark in his NHL career (26 games in 2019-20). ... Kempe has four goals in his past four games.