Washington Capitals center Dylan Strome, left, falls as he battles for the puck with Kings right wing Carl Grundstrom during the second period on Wednesday night at Crypto.com Arena. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Kings defenseman Mikey Anderson, left, shoots the puck as Washington Capitals goaltender Charlie Lindgren gets ready to deflect it during the first period on Wednesday night at Crypto.com Arena. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
The Kings’ Andreas Englund skates with the puck during the first period of their game against the Washington Capitals on Wednesday night at Crypto.com Arena. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
Washington Capitals right wing Anthony Mantha, left, scores on Kings goaltender Cam Talbot during the first period on Wednesday night at Crypto.com Arena. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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Washington Capitals right wing Anthony Mantha, center, celebrates his goal with center Connor McMichael, right, as Kings goaltender Cam Talbot stands in goal during the first period on Wednesday night at Crypto.com Arena. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Kings goaltender Cam Talbot collects himself during a pause in the action in the first period of their game against the Washington Capitals on Wednesday night at Crypto.com Arena. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
The Washington Capitals’ Aliaksei Protas (21), Anthony Mantha (39) and Connor McMichael (24) celebrate a goal during the first period of their game against the Kings on Wednesday night at Crypto.com Arena. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
The Washington Capitals’ Anthony Mantha (39) celebrates after scoring a goal during the first period of their game against the Kings on Wednesday night at Crypto.com Arena. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
Washington Capitals left wing Beck Malenstyn, right, passes the puck past Kings center Phillip Danault, center, as left wing Kevin Fiala watches during the first period on Wednesday night at Crypto.com Arena. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
The Washington Capitals’ Dylan Strome skates the puck against the Kings’ Matt Roy during the first period on Wednesday night at Crypto.com Arena. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
Kings goaltender Cam Talbot, right, makes a save in front of the Washington Capitals’ Nicolas Aube-Kubel, center, and teammate Drew Doughty during the first period on Wednesday night at Crypto.com Arena. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
Kings center Anze Kopitar, center, tries to get a shot past Washington Capitals goaltender Charlie Lindgren, right, as left wing Beck Malenstyn defends during the second period on Wednesday night at Crypto.com Arena. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
The Kings’ Arthur Kaliyev celebrates after scoring a goal during the first period of their game against the Washington Capitals on Wednesday night at Crypto.com Arena. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
The Washington Capitals’ Beck Malenstyn, left, skates the puck against the Kings’ Andreas Englund during the first period on Wednesday night at Crypto.com Arena. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
The Washington Capitals’ Aliaksei Protas, right, and the Kings’ Andreas Englund skate for the puck during the first period on Wednesday night at Crypto.com Arena. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
The Washington Capitals’ Dylan Strome, right, and the Kings’ Matt Roy vie for the puck during the first period on Wednesday night at Crypto.com Arena. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
Washington Capitals center Alex Ovechkin, right, skates for the puck against the Kings’ Anze Kopitar during the first period on Wednesday night at Crypto.com Arena. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
The Washington Capitals’ Beck Malenstyn, left, skates the puck against the Kings’ Andreas Englund during the first period on Wednesday night at Crypto.com Arena. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
Kings defenseman Mikey Anderson, left, and Washington Capitals left wing Beck Malenstyn vie for the puck during the second period on Wednesday night at Crypto.com Arena. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
The Kings’ Jaret Anderson-Dolan, left, skates against the Washington Capitals’ Tom Wilson during the second period on Wednesday night at Crypto.com Arena. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
The Kings’ Carl Grundstrom, right, steals the puck from the Washington Capitals’ Dylan Strome during the second period on Wednesday night at Crypto.com Arena. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
The Kings’ Trevor Moore, right, skates the puck against the Washington Capitals’ Martin Fehervary during the second period on Wednesday night at Crypto.com Arena. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
Kings defenseman Vladislav Gavrikov, left, shoots as Washington Capitals goaltender Charlie Lindgren deflects his shot away during the second period on Wednesday night at Crypto.com Arena. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Washington Capitals center Connor McMichael, right, scores on Kings goaltender Cam Talbot, left, as defenseman Andreas Englund, second from left, and defenseman Jordan Spence defend during the second period on Wednesday night at Crypto.com Arena. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
The Washington Capitals’ Connor McMichael celebrates after scoring a go-ahead goal during the second period of their game against the Kings on Wednesday night at Crypto.com Arena. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
The Kings’ Adrian Kempe, right, skates the puck against the Washington Capitals’ Nick Jensen during the second period on Wednesday night at Crypto.com Arena. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
The Kings’ Trevor Moore, left, skates the puck against the Washington Capitals’ Martin Fehervary during the second period on Wednesday night at Crypto.com Arena. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
Rasmus Sandin #38 of the Washington Capitals skates the puck against the Los Angeles Kingsin the second period at Crypto.com Arena on November 29, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
Washington Capitals defenseman John Carlson, second from right, takes the puck as Kings defenseman Mikey Anderson, second from left, reaches for it during the second period on Wednesday night at Crypto.com Arena. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
The Washington Capitals’ Aliaksei Protas, right, skates the puck during the third period of their game against the Kings on Wednesday night at Crypto.com Arena. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
The Kings’ Carl Grundstrom, right, steals the puck from the Washington Capitals’ Dylan Strome during the second period on Wednesday night at Crypto.com Arena. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
The Washington Capitals’ Nic Dowd, left, skates the puck against the Kings’ Mikey Anderson during the third period on Wednesday night at Crypto.com Arena. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin, moves the puck as Kings defenseman Vladislav Gavrikov, left, left wing Pierre-Luc Dubois, second from left, and left wing Kevin Fiala give chase during the third period on Wednesday night at Crypto.com Arena. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Washington Capitals center Matthew Phillips, falls as he battles with Kings center Trevor Lewis during the third period on Wednesday night at Crypto.com Arena. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Washington Capitals right wing Anthony Mantha, left, and Kings defenseman Vladislav Gavrikov battle for the puck during the third period on Wednesday night at Crypto.com Arena. The Capitals won, 2-1, to end the Kings’ five-game winning streak. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
The Kings’ Jaret Anderson-Dolan, left, the Washington Capitals’ Nicolas Aube-Kubel, center, and Kings goaltender Cam Talbot keeps their eyes on the action further down the ice on Wednesday night at Crypto.com Arena. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin, right, skates the puck during the third period of their game against the Kings on Wednesday night at Crypto.com Arena. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
Kings goaltender Cam Talbot sports his Ron Burgundy-themed mask during the first period of their game against the Washington Capitals on Wednesday night at Crypto.com Arena. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
Actor Seth Rogen waves to fans before participating in a ceremonial puck drop prior to a game between the Kings and the Washington Capitals on Wednesday night at Crypto.com Arena. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
LOS ANGELES — The Kings started the day leading the NHL in both goals per game and goals allowed this season, but they were dethroned by the resourceful Washington Capitals, 2-1, on Wednesday night at Crypto.com Arena.
Washington had produced a formidable points percentage but with a firmly negative goal differential, an anemic offense and losses to two of the worst teams in the Western Conference on their current road swing. They prevailed for the first time in three games in a clash where they disrupted the Kings’ five-game winning streak.
Arthur Kaliyev scored the only goal for the Kings. Cam Talbot surrendered two goals on 15 shots, though high-danger scoring chances were nearly even Wednesday as the Kings lost in regulation for the first time all season when scoring first (11-1-1).
Anthony Mantha and Connor McMichael assisted on each other’s goals and Aliaksei Protas earned assists on both their tallies. Charlie Lindgren was effective albeit unconventional, requiring some acrobatics to make 38 saves in a performance that Kaliyev described as stealing the victory.
Washington’s room was also quick to laud the Kings’ roster.
“Credit to the Kings, that could be the best team we’ve seen all year. Four lines, [three] “D” pairs, good goalie, it was a tough win,” said Lindgren, who said he and his team did “whatever it took” to pump the brakes on their short skid and sever the Kings’ string of wins.
“They came out flying, they had almost 40 shots on net, but we found a way tonight,” Mantha added.
The third period saw the Kings dominate possession but offered them nothing to show for it. The same was true of their discipline in a game when they took no penalties but also went 0 for 3 on the power play.
“I saw two teams, an early team and a late team. The early team had the puck a lot, we looked good, sometimes, not doing a lot, but we looked good,” Coach Todd McLellan said. “Late game, we were really direct and we had a desperation to us.”
With 8:50 left in the game, the Kings appeared to tie the score when Adrian Kempe spun off one defender and surged intrepidly toward three more as he nonchalantly dropped a pass to the side of the net for Kopitar. The captain’s would-be equalizer was nullified by a Washington challenge, which alleged successfully that Quinton Byfield was offside when the Kings entered the zone well before the goal. Later in the period, Kempe hit the crossbar with another potential tying tally.
The middle frame appeared to be headed for a stalemate on the scoreboard despite the Kings lapping the Capitals in shots on net through 40 minutes, but with 90 seconds remaining, McMichael gave Washington its first lead of the night. After Talbot’s lunging save on Mantha, a failed zone exit left Mantha with the puck in the corner, initiating a give-and-go with Protas that allowed Mantha to drive the net hard and pop a rebound high in the air to be batted home by McMichael. The Kings, who had not faced a deficit at any point during their five-game surge, trailed at the second intermission behind what would stand as the game-winner.
“We’ve been playing good, connected hockey,” Mantha said of his line. “We’re fully supporting each other, we’re creating plays, we’re hard on pucks in the O-zone and it creates great opportunities.”
Washington had drawn even at the 12:12 mark of the first period, when a well-timed twist in the neutral zone by Protas shook Matt Roy and broke down the Kings’ defense. Protas’ authoritative outlet pass found McMichael, who feathered a saucer pass across the crease and Vladislav Gavrikov alike to Mantha for a redirection goal at the netfront. Roy and Gavrikov have been among the most effective defense pairings analytically since last season, but both got minuses along with Trevor Lewis’ trusted fourth line.
“We had an ill-advised pinch, the cover wasn’t completely committed to it and we didn’t play a two-on-one very well,” McLellan said. “So, three detail-like scenarios, all in succession, that leads to a goal against.”
Andreas Englund’s booming shot from the left point clanked off the end boards and bounced into the low slot, where Kaliyev pounced on the puck to score his fifth goal of the campaign, 9:04 into the game. It was something of a breakthrough after some earlier near-misses, including a jaw-dropping backdoor pass that Kevin Fiala made for Byfield, only for their efforts to be thwarted by Lindgren.
The Kings had a full three days off prior to this game and will have three more before they face the Colorado Avalanche on Sunday.
“It’s been almost too much. You could tell in the first period, we were trying to find our beat a little bit,” Phillip Danault said. “We, obviously like breaks, it’s good for our energy, but this was a little too much, I think.”
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