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Kings snap 3-game skid with victory over Blackhawks

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By TIM CRONIN The Associated Press

CHICAGO — Blake Lizotte scored twice, Phillip Danault had a goal and an assist and the Kings snapped a three-game skid with a 5-2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday night.

Trevor Moore and Jordan Spence also scored for Los Angeles. Jonathan Quick finished with 18 saves.

Taylor Raddysh and Patrick Kanes scored for the Blackhawks, who dropped their eighth straight game (0-6-2). Collin Delia made 31 saves.

The Blackhawks managed 20 shots on Quick, who yielded a goal on a one-timer from Raddysh stationed low in the right circle with 3:33 left in the second period, and a goal by Kane late in the third.

Leading 2-1 in the second period, The Kings regained a two-goal margin when Lizotte ended up with the puck after a series of quick passes with Alex Iafallo and Dustin Brown, and beat Delia from close range with three minutes left in the second period. Lizotte picked up an empty-net goal with 1:36 to play.

Brown was back in the Kings’ lineup after missing 14 games with an upper-body injury, and collected two assists.

The Kings, battling for a Western Conference playoff spot, dominated the first period, with Moore and Danault scoring on the Kings’ first eight shots.

Moore took a feed from Danault low in the right circle without a Blackhawks defensemen within 10 feet and shoved the puck past a sliding Delia, who bit on Danault’s fake, 7:43 into the game.

Danault made it 2-0 at 10:50, Delia made a save on his wrist shot only to see the puck bounce off Chicago defenseman Caleb Jones’ right shin and into the net.

Spence added a goal on a slap shot 5:08 into the third period that hit Chicago defenseman Seth Jones, Caleb Jones’ brother, in the knee and bounced past Delia.

Raddysh picked up an assist on Kane’s goal, and Phillip Kurashev picked up assists on both Chicago goals.

Chicago is threatening to finish the season the way it started. The Blackhawks lost their first nine games (0-7-2) before winning, a streak that contributed to the firing of coach Jeremy Colliton. This eight-game losing streak is their second-longest of the season. Their last win was against the Kings in a shootout on March 24 at Crypto.com Arena.

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NOTES

The Kings are 4-4-2 in their last 10 games. This was the first time in that stretch they held a team to a single goal. … The injury-riddled Kings were without defenseman Mikey Anderson, Sean Walker and Drew Doughty, the latter undergoing wrist surgery on Monday. He’s been ruled out for the season. … The Blackhawks called up defenseman Alec Regula from Rockford. He was in the lineup in place of Calvin DeHaan.

More to come on this story.

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The Kings finish a three-game trip at Colorado on Wednesday, then host Columbus on Sunday.

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