Jake DeBrusk scored his second goal of the night in overtime and the Vancouver Canucks edged the Los Angeles Kings 4-3 on Tuesday.
The winger collected a pass from centre Elias Pettersson and tapped a shot in to seal the victory 2:58 into the extra frame.
Defenceman Elias Pettersson opened the scoring for the Canucks (25-48-8), while DeBrusk and Zeev Buium each added a goal in the second period. Elias Pettersson the centre notched two assists.
Kevin Lankinen stopped 31 of the 34 shots he faced as Vancouver improved to 9-27-5 on home ice this season.
Quinton Byfield and Alex Laferriere each had a goal and an assist for the Kings (35-26-20), while Adrian Kempe tallied his 36th of the campaign and Darcy Kuemper made 21 saves.
L.A. has clinched its playoff berth but remains in the Western Conference’s second wild-card playoff spot with one game left on their regular-season schedule.
The result snapped the Kings’ five-game win streak, though the team earned a point for the eighth straight game (6-0-2).
TAKEAWAYS
Canucks: DeBrusk scored for a third straight game. His three goals across the stretch all came on the power play. The 29-year-old winger has scored 19 of his 23 goals with the man advantage this season.
Kings: Anze Kopitar played his final game at Rogers Arena and registered an assist on Kempe's second-period tally. He now has 864 career assists, all with L.A. That number ranks third among active players with a single franchise, trailing only the Penguins' Evgeni Malkin (874) and Sidney Crosby (1,107).
KEY MOMENT
Buium levelled the score 3-3 midway through the second period off a give-and-go. The rookie defenceman dished off to Nils Hoglander, moved to the slot and got the puck back, firing it in for his sixth goal of the season at the 9:20 mark. It was his first goal in 25 games.
KEY STAT
The Canucks won their third straight game for the first time since Dec. 14-20 when they took four straight road victories.
UP NEXT
Kings: Visit the Calgary Flames on Thursday.
Canucks: Close out their season on the road against the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday.
