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 Defenseman Jake Muzzin and Jeff Carter also scored as the Kings
improved to 8-2-0 in their last 10 matchups against the Blues and
beat them for the 16th time in the last 20 meetings, including the
playoffs. Jonathan Quick made 28 saves to help halt Los Angeles'
five-game road losing streak.
T.J. Oshie scored on a penalty shot for St. Louis, which lost for
only the second time in 10 games and came up short in its bid for a
season-high sixth straight home win. Jaroslav Halak turned aside 27
shots for the Blues.
Lewis notched the go-ahead tally at 2:04 of the third period,
charging down the right wing and firing a bad-angle shot that Halak
stopped before the puck was knocked into the net by the skate of St.
Louis' Jaden Schwartz. Lewis added a short-handed tally just over
two minutes later, pouncing on a miscue by Halak and scoring on a
wraparound as the goaltender made a belated scramble to get back in
net.
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Los Angeles went ahead at 2:31 of the opening period, when
Muzzin's wrist shot from the left point made it past a screened
Halak. Oshie was awarded a penalty shot after being dragged down
by Muzzin on a breakaway and buried a wrister between the pads
of Quick just under six minutes into the second for his third
goal in two games.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Lewis ended a goalless drought dating to March
28, when he also scored against the Blues in St. Louis. ...
Blues D Kevin Shattenkirk played in his 200th game, which also
was the 3,600 contest in St. Louis franchise history. ...
Oshie's penalty shot was the fourth straight converted by the
Blues dating to the 2011-12 season. ... The Kings recalled F
Linden Vey from Manchester of the American Hockey League one day
after assigning C Tyler Toffoli to the Monarchs.
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