Game 2: Los Angeles vs Detroit

Los Angeles Kings 4, Detroit Red Wings 2
Final score

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Box Score
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SOG: LAK – 25; DET – 38
PP: LAK – 0/3; DET – 2/4

First Period
No scoring

Second Period
LAK – Anze Kopitar (2) (Ilya Kovalchuk, Jake Muzzin); 4:21
DET PPG – Anthony Mantha (1) (Andreas Athanasiou, Dennis Cholowski); 8:45
LAK – Paul LaDue (1) (Tyler Toffoli); 16:14

Third Period

LAK – Alex Iafallo (1) (Ilya Kovalchuk); 9:15
DET PPG – Dylan Larkin (1) (Gustav Nyquist, Dennis Cholowski); 16:00
LAK ENG – Alex Iafallo (2) (Tyler Toffoli, Alec Martinez); 19:39

Los Angeles Kings (0-0-1) vs Detroit Red Wings (0-0-1)
Sunday, October 7, 2018, 7:30 p.m. PT
Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA
Referees: #17 Frederick L’Ecuyer, #25 Marc Joannette
Linesmen: #58 Ryan Gibbons, #66 Darren Gibbs
Fox Sports West, FOX Sports GO, LA Kings Audio Network

LAK starters: G Jack Campbell, D Derek Forbort, D Drew Doughty, LW Alex Iafallo, C Anze Kopitar, RW Ilya Kovalchuk
LAK scratches: D Oscar Fantenberg, F Kyle Clifford, F Matt Luff

DET starters: G Jonathan Bernier, D Dennis Cholowski, D Trevor Daley, LW Justin Abdelkader, C Andreas Athanasiou, RW Thomas Vanek
DET scratches: D Joe Hicketts, F Luke Witkowski, F Martin Frk

-Lead photo via Jeanine Leech/Icon Sportswire

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