GLENDALE, Ariz. - Marian Gaborik and Dustin Brown capped a four-goal second period with goals 12 seconds apart to help the Los Angeles Kings to a 6-2 win against the Arizona Coyotes at Gila River Arena on Tuesday.
Brown scored again in the third period and has scored five of his seven goals in five games against Arizona this season. The Kings scored the final five goals of the game.
Jake Muzzin, Alec Martinez and Vincent Lecavalier scored for Los Angeles (31-16-3), which defeated the Coyotes in regulation for the first time in five games this season, but had to rally twice in the second period.
Kings goalie Jonathan Quick made 23 saves for his 27th win of the season, third-most in the NHL.
Jordan Martinook and Anthony Duclair scored for the Coyotes (24-21-5), who are 2-5-1 in the past seven games.
Gaborik made it 3-2 Kings at 18:47 of the second, taking advantage of a 2-on-1 break when Arizona defenseman Kevin Connauton broke his stick on a slap shot attempt at the high point. Brown doubled the lead at 18:59 when his innocent-looking wrist shot from the red line skidded past Coyotes goalie Louis Domingue.
Brown scored his second goal at 3:08 of the third period, chasing Domingue with a wrist shot from the right circle.
Domingue, who made 20 saves, has allowed 10 goals over the past two games.
Lecavalier made it 6-2 at 7:30, the Kings' third power-play goal of the game, tipping home a Martinez feed by Arizona backup Anders Lindback.
Lindback made nine saves.
The Coyotes, who entered the game 3-0-1 in the first four games against the Kings and were 11-2-2 against Pacific Division rivals, opened the scoring at 6:13 of the opening period.
Martinook chased a puck to the side boards in the Kings zone and sent with a weak shot from a bad angle that managed to squeeze between Quick's skate and the near post, slid along the goal line and banked off the far post and in. Martinook's sixth goal was his second in 10 days against the Kings; he scored the game-winner in a 3-2 Arizona win here on Jan. 26.
Los Angeles outshot the Coyotes 10-6 in the first period and kept up the pressure on in the second, which began by capitalizing on Connor Murphy's roughing penalty.
Muzzin used a Kopitar pass and a Jeff Carter screen in front on Domingue to put a shot from the left point under the crossbar at 3:40 for his sixth goal.
The Coyotes regained the lead quickly. Max Domi found Duclair with a pass between the circles, and Duclair put on the brakes and sent a shot that got past Quick's glove at 6:40.
But just over a minute later, Tobias Rieder went to the box for cross-checking and the Kings cashed in again. With Carter back in front to screen Domingue, Martinez banged a Drew Doughty feed over his pad at 9:57 to make it 2-2.
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