Quinton Byfield snapped in a wrist shot from the top edge of the left circle at 3:37 of overtime as the Los Angeles Kings, despite blowing a four-goal lead in the third period, pulled out a 6-5 victory over visiting Ottawa Senators on Thursday night.
Byfield, who also had an assist, beat goalie Samuel Ersson with a shot past his blocker side and over his pad for the game-winner.
Artemi Panarin scored a 5-on-3 power-play goal to highlight a four-goal second period and also had an assist for Los Angeles, which won its first home game in four tries this season. Drew Doughty had three assists.
Los Angeles’ Erik Haula, Trevor Moore, Mikey Anderson and Joel Armia also scored goals, and Brian Dumoulin had an assist in his 800th career game. Darcy Kuemper made 18 saves for the Kings, who improved to 32-13-5 all-time against Ottawa.
Dylan Cozens produced two goals and an assist, Drake Batherson had a goal and two assists, Tim Stutzle had three assists and Tyler Kleven and Shane Pinto also scored for the Senators. Jonas Johansson stopped 12 of 16 shots before departing midway through the second period. Ersson finished up with 20 saves.
Ottawa, which opened a five-game road trip with a 4-1 loss against the Vegas Golden Knights in Las Vegas on Tuesday, jumped out a 1-0 lead at the 11:24 mark in the first period when Kleven backhanded in a rebound inside the right post.
Los Angeles tied it on a power-play goal by Haula, who redirected a Brandt Clarke shot from the left point past Johansson’s glove side and inside the right post at 15:09 of the first.
The Kings took a 2-1 lead at 6:51 of the second. Moore deflected Byfield’s long backhand pass from the right boards past Johansson’s blocker side for his first goal in 11 games.
Los Angeles increased the lead to 4-1 midway through the period with two goals in a 37-second span. Anderson got the first one, blasting a slap shot from the top of the left circle past a Corey Perry screen. Armia followed with a spinning shot off the left post that ricocheted in off the back of Johansson.
The Kings made it 5-1 at 15:43 of the second with a 5-on-3 power-play goal by Panarin, who fired a wrist shot from the top of the left circle past another Perry screen and into the top right corner.
Ottawa scored twice in 33 seconds midway through the third period on goals by Cozens and Batherson to start its comeback. Cozens backhanded in a rebound to cut the deficit to 5-4, and Pinto tied it with a 6-on-5 goal after Ersson was pulled for an extra attacker, redirecting a Batherson pass into the low slot five-hole with 1:40 left in regulation.
