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National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Los Angeles 4, Vancouver 0
When: 10:00 PM ET, Thursday, March 12, 2015
Where: Rogers Arena, Vancouver, British Columbia
Referees: Brad Watson, Jean Hebert
Linesmen: Brad Lazarowich, Vaughan Rody
Attendance: 18663

Kings 4, Canucks 0: Jonathan Quick turned aside 19 shots for his 36th career shutout as visiting Los Angeles beat Vancouver for the third time in as many meetings this season.

Quick's fifth blanking of the season helped the Kings earn their 12th win in 16 games and leapfrog the Winnipeg Jets for the second Western Conference wild-card spot. Justin Williams and Anze Kopitar each had a goal and an assist while Tyler Toffoli and Marian Gaborik also scored.

Eddie Lack made 16 saves for the Canucks, who were blanked for the fifth time this season. Vancouver leads Los Angeles by just one point in the race for second place in the Pacific Division.

Toffoli kicked off the scoring with 3:19 remaining in the opening period, gathering a cross-ice pass from Williams at the bottom of the right circle on the power play and firing a wrist shot past Lack's right shoulder. Williams doubled the lead just before the four-minute mark of the second, swatting defenseman Brayden McNabb's feed into a partially open net.

Kopitar made it a 3-0 game just 25 seconds into the final period, stickhandling between a pair of Canucks before unleashing a wrist shot from below the right circle that beat Lack on the short side. Vancouver pulled the goaltender with more than 4 1/2 minutes remaining to try and ignite a rally, but Gaborik scored into the empty net and Quick held the Canucks at bay the rest of the way.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Los Angeles has held Vancouver under 20 shots in each of their first three meetings of the season. ... The teams face off March 21 in Los Angeles and again in Vancouver on April 6. ... The Kings have scored power-play goals in back-to-back road games for the first time since converting in three straight from Dec. 30-Jan. 21.
Top Game Performances
 
Los Angeles   Vancouver
Anze Kopitar 2 Points N/A
Anze Kopitar 1 Goals N/A
Anze Kopitar 1 Assists N/A
Tyler Toffoli 1 Power Play Goals N/A
N/A Short Handed Goals N/A
Jonathan Quick 1.000 Save Percentage Eddie Lack .842
Jonathan Quick 19 Saves Eddie Lack 16
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Shots Goals Power Play Penalty Kill Penalty Mins Face Offs Won
Los Angeles 20 4 1-3 2-2 9 29
Vancouver 19 0 0-2 2-3 11 26
Upcoming Games
  • Vancouver will play their next game at home against Toronto. The Canucks have a W/L % of .487 after a win and .679 after a loss.
  • Los Angeles will play their next game at home against Nashville. The Kings have a W/L % of .562 after a win and .429 after a loss.