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NHL: Los Angeles 5, Phoenix 3

Sun, 10/25/2009 - 10:35 by shalini.bahadur

Los Angeles -- Dustin Brown and Jarret Stoll each had two goals Saturday to lead the Los Angeles Kings past the Phoenix Coyotes 5-3.

Wayne Simmonds chipped in what proved to be the game-winner in the third period for the Kings' third consecutive win.

Shane Doan scored two goals for Phoenix and Radim Vrbata added the other.

Jamie Quick made 30 saves for Los Angeles while Ilya Bryzgalov notched 16 for Phoenix.

After Simmonds scored at 9:12 to put the Kings ahead 4-2, Doan tallied at 12:30 to pull the Coyotes to within one.

NHL: Phoenix 6, Los Angeles 3

Sun, 10/04/2009 - 22:12 by Salinder Kumar

Los Angeles -- Radim Vrbata scored two goals Saturday, leading the Phoenix Coyotes to a season-opening 6-3 win over the Los Angeles Kings.

He scored once in each of the first two periods, with the second giving Phoenix a 4-1 lead at 14:08 of the second.

Matthew Lombardi, Daniel Winnik, Scottie Upshall (unassisted), and Robert Lang (unassisted) also had one goal apiece, while Coyotes' goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov made 30 saves on 33 shots.

LA's Anze Kopitar (power play), Alexander Frolov (power play) and Drew Doughty (power play) all scored once.

Ryan Smyth had two assists, but Kings' goalie Jon Quick was beaten six times on 30 shots.

On the power play, Phoenix went 1-for-3 and Los Angeles was 3-for-4.