Nashville Predators at Los Angeles Kings

· National Hockey League

Nashville Predators

25-33-8

Final
0 - 1

Los Angeles Kings

36-20-9

Quinton Byfield scores in OT, Kings beat Predators 1-0 for 5th straight victory

Quinton Byfield scores OT winner for Kings

Byfield ran his goals streak to six games, Justus Annunen off a cross-crease pass from Adrian Kempe.

Kuemper and the Kings were coming off a 3-0 home victory over Washington on Thursday night. He has four shutouts this season and 35 overall.

Annunen stopped 20 shots.

Takeaways Predators: Michael Bunting played his second straight game after making his Nashville debut Friday night in a loss at Anaheim. Acquired from Pittsburgh last week, the forward had an appendectomy Feb. 27.

Kings: Los Angeles is 9-0-2 in its past 11 home games.

Key moment Byfield ended it with his 17th goal of the season.

Key stat Los Angeles won after having a season-low six shots on goal in the first 40 minutes.

Up next The Predators open a three-game homestand Tuesday night against St. Louis. The Kings are at Minnesota on Monday to start a two-game trip.

Regular Season Series

LA wins series 2-1

Scoring Summary

	Goal	4th Period 3:20	Quinton Byfield Goal (17) Wrist Shot, assists: Adrian Kempe (27), Brandt Clarke (23)

Statistics

NSH		LA
21	Blocked Shots	9
26	Hits	18
8	Takeaways	5
24	Shots	21
0	Power Play Goals	0
2	Power Play Opportunities	3
0.0	Power Play Percentage	0.0
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
25	Faceoffs Won	30
45.5	Faceoff Win Percent	54.5
13	Giveaways	17
3	Total Penalties	2
6	Penalty Minutes	4