Darcy Kuemper made 17 saves for the visiting Los Angeles Kings in a 3-1 win against the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday night.
Kuemper has surrendered just five goals in his past six games, after a 10-game run in which he had given up 31.
Trevor Moore, Alex Turcotte and Joel Edmundson scored for the Kings (37-21-9, 83 points), who have won six of seven.
Connor Bedard scored and Spencer Knight made 30 saves for the Blackhawks (20-40-9, 49 points), who have lost a season-high six in a row (0-5-1).
Los Angeles took a 1-0 lead at 8:45 of the first period. Moore brought the puck into the Chicago zone before pulling up above the right circle. He skated into the high slot and banked his shot off the inside of the post for his 14th goal of the season.
Los Angeles scored 59 seconds later, when Vladislav Gavrikov took a shot from above the left circle and along the wall and Turcotte tipped it into the net.
The Kings outshot the Blackhawks 19-7 in the first period.
Chicago went on its second power play of the game when Gavrikov was called for interference on Teuvo Teravainen, and the Blackhawks scored during the man-advantage to cut it to 2-1 at 10:50 of the second period.
Knight made a save on a short-handed chance by Drew Doughty, leading to a rush the other way. Tyler Bertuzzi carried the puck into the Los Angeles zone and dropped a pass for Teravainen, who sent the puck to Bertuzzi on the right side of the net. Bertuzzi fed the puck to Bedard for a one-timer from the right circle.
The Blackhawks pulled Knight for the extra skater, but Edmundson scored into the empty net to extend the lead to 3-1 with 19 seconds remaining.
–Field Level Media
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