Game 2: Kings 4 Coyotes 0 (FINAL)

With the temperature above 100 degrees for most of the day, the air conditioners inside Jobing.com Arena will be working hard, just like the players. Which team will be hotter heading to Los Angeles? It’s the Kings against the Phoenix Coyotes in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals. All the action is on NBC Sports Network and on 1150-AM and affiliates, with all the game updates here as well, along with a live chat with Jim Fox…

THIRD PERIOD
In goal: It’s still Quick vs. Smith.
Kings 4, Coyotes 0: After another five-minute penalty and game misconduct — this one to Martin Hanzal — the Kings took a four-goal lead with a 5-on-3 goal. Dustin Brown took a point shot that was saved, but Jeff Carter knocked in the rebound to complete his hat trick. Anze Kopitar also picked up an assist.
End of period: The Kings outshot the Coyotes 40-24 and took a 2-0 series lead.

SECOND PERIOD
In goal: It’s still Quick vs. Smith.
Kings 2, Coyotes 0: After a series of Coyotes turnovers, the Kings took a two-goal lead 4:47 into the period. Mike Richards chased down the puck in the corner of the Phoenix zone and pushed it toward the net, to Dustin Penner. Penner didn’t really have a good look at the net, so he pushed the puck to Jeff Carter, who one-timed a shot past Smith.
Kings 3, Coyotes 0: After a wild sequence of penalties, in which Phoenix’s Shane Doan was given a five-minute boarding penalty and a game misconduct, the Kings scored a power-play goal to take a three-goal lead. Anze Kopitar controlled the puck in the right circle and fired a shot. Carter got credit for the goal, after the shot deflected off of him. Kopitar and Justin Wiliams picked up assists.
End of period: The Kings outshot the Coyotes 17-8. The Kings went 1-for-3 on the power play and 1-for-1 on the penalty kill. The Kings will be on the power play for the first 1:29 of the third period.

FIRST PERIOD
Officials: Dan O’Rourke, Chris Rooney (referees); Jean Morin, Brian Murphy (linesmen).
Lineups: Davis Drewiske, Colin Fraser, Andrei Loktionov and Kevin Westgarth are the Kings’ scratches.
In goal: It’s the Kings’ Jonathan Quick against the Coyotes’ Mike Smith.
Kings 1, Coyotes 0: The Kings took the lead with 6:45 remaining in the period. The puck rimmed around in the Coyotes’ zone and onto the stick of Drew Doughty, who shot from the right point. Dwight King was credited with the goal on a deflection from the high slot. Trevor Lewis also picked up an assist.
End of period: The Kings outshot the Coyotes 15-9 in the period. The Kings went 0-for-2 on the power play and 1-for-1 on the penalty kill.