VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The Kings can officially wash their hands of the regular season and begin focusing on the playoffs.

Brock Boeser scored his second goal of the game with 29.7 seconds left in overtime and the Vancouver Canucks handed the Kings a 3-2 defeat on Thursday night.

Kings forward Dustin Brown wore the “C” on his jersey that is usually reserved for Adrian Kempe after announcing earlier on Thursday that he will retire at the end of the Kings’ playoff run, and the team delivered a spirited effort despite a lack of incentive with their playoff matchup already locked in place.

The Kings (44-27-11) dominated through much of the game, taking a 2-0 lead into the third period on goals by Adrian Kempe and Gabriel Vilardi.

The Canucks (40-30-11) rallied in the third with goals by Boeser and Alex Chiasson.

Vancouver, playing its final home game of the season, got a 33-save effort from Spencer Martin. The Kings’ Cal Petersen had 26 saves.

Vancouver pressed in the dying seconds of overtime, throwing several shots at Petersen before Boeser took a rebound at the top of the crease and fired it in for his 23rd goal of the season.

Martin made a pair of dazzling saves about two minutes into overtime, first stymying Blake Lizotte on a two-on-one, then scooping up a backhanded shot from Andreas Athanasiou moments later.

Vancouver started the third period trailing 2-0.

Chiasson scored the equalizer 14:31 into the final period, backhanding a bouncing rebound from a Quinn Hughes shot. The puck appeared to hit the stick of defenseman Troy Stecher before sailing up and over Petersen into the back of the net.

A power-play goal got the Canucks on the board after Carl Grundstrom was called for hooking midway through the third.

Boeser fired a one-timer from the top of the slot 6:52 into the frame, cutting the deficit to 2-1. Elias Pettersson registered an assist on the play for his career-best 67th point of the season.

The Kings took a 2-0 lead late in the second after Kempe beat defenseman Travis Dermott in a race to the Vancouver net and slid a shot under Martin’s pad. The goal was Kempe’s 35th of the season.

Boeser nearly evened the score moments earlier off a two-on-one.

Elias Pettersson and Boeser sprinted into the L.A. zone with Pettersson controlling the puck. He slipped a pass to Boeser across the slot and the right wing unleashed a quick wrist shot from in close. Petersen dove across the crease and got his blocker in the puck’s path just in time.

Vilardi opened the scoring 15:08 into the second with a shot from above the faceoff circle that sailed through traffic and beat Martin on his glove side.

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The Kings dominated the game even before finding the back of the net, outshooting Vancouver 23-8 halfway through the second period.

Martin kept Vancouver in the game with a series of solid saves, even after he lost his stick for an extended period. The stick was knocked out of his hand midway through the second when a blast from Athanasiou went off the shaft, sending the stick flying into the corner.

The Canucks goalie also weathered six minutes of penalty time in the first.

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The Kings’ regular season is over. They next face Edmonton in a best-of-seven first-round series that will begin next week.