Turcotte scores twice and adds an assist – all in the first 10 minutes – as the Kings thump Vancouver, 5-1. Adrian Kempe, Kevin Fiala and Warren Foegele also score.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Alex Turcotte scored twice and added an assist – all in the first 10 minutes – as the Kings thumped the struggling Vancouver Canucks, 5-1, on Thursday night.

Marco Kasper had two goals and an assist and the host Detroit Red Wings won their third straight by defeating the Los Angeles Kings 5-2 on Monday night.

The Kings take a two-goal lead in the first period before losing, 5-2, against their former head coach and dropping to 2-5-1 over their last eight games.

Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin scored milestone goals and the Pittsburgh Penguins defeated Los Angeles 5-1, snapping the Kings' nine-game home win streak.

This game started with an unfortunate pass from JT Miller up the wall to Filip Hronek in the LA end that allowed Adrian Kempe and Alex Turcotte to move in on a 2-on-1 that ended with Turcotte getting a chance off that Thatcher Demko had no chance of stopping.

The Kings are built to stifle opponents and win games by narrow margins. This strategy requires the players to execute nearly flawless games. When they are unable to do so, they have relied on a resurgent Darcy Kuemper to bail them out.

McLellan and his right-hand man, former Kings and Ducks assistant Trent Yawney, have put their imprint on the winged wheel in short order. “Our structure in all three zones (has improved), I feel like we’re just supporting the puck better,” Talbot told The Detroit News.

First, it was Quinton Byfield. It took a few years for ... The same sort of thing is happening again this season with Alex Turcotte. The fifth overall pick back in 2019 faced a lot of adversity ...

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