Caps Clipped By Kuemper, Kings, 3-0

The Washington Capitals fell to the Los Angeles Kings, 3-0, Thursday evening at Crypto.com Enviornment in Los Angeles. The loss snaps a five-game successful streak and drops the Capitals’ file to 43-15-8 (94 factors) on the season.

LINEUP

Charlie Lindgren (15-10-3, 2.64 GAA, .899 sv%) acquired the beginning between the pipes for the visiting Capitals. Darcy Kuemper (20-8-7, 2.27 GAA, .915 sv%) acquired the beginning in objective for the Kings. The beginning ahead traces and defensive pairs for the Capitals:

Alex Ovechkin — Dylan Strome — Tom WilsonConnor McMichael — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Aliaksei ProtasAndrew Mangiapane – Lars Eller — Taylor RaddyshBrandon Duhaime — Nic Dowd — Anthony Beauvillier

Rasmus Sandin — John CarlsonMartin Fehervary — Matt RoyJakob Chychrun — Trevor Van Riemsdyk

Charlie LindgrenLogan Thompson

Scratched: Ethen Frank, Alex Alexeyev, Dylan McIlrath.

Injured: Sonny Milano (upper-body), Nicklas Backstrom (hip), T.J. Oshie (again).

Roster strikes: Jakub Vrana was waived by the workforce this week and claimed by the Nashville Predators. Anthony Beauvillier was acquired from the Pittsburgh Penguins for a second-round draft decide final Friday.

1ST PERIOD

The Kings opened the scoring late within the first body. Warren Foegele (19) tucked dwelling a unfastened puck in shut for the preliminary tally. T. Moore (17) had the lone help.

PUCKS ON NET pic.twitter.com/JxUbPZNDVA

— LA Kings (@LAKings) March 14, 2025

And that was it for the primary body. The Kings led in five-on-five shot makes an attempt, 16-11, and anticipated objectives for, 0.76 to 0.41.

2ND PERIOD

The Capitals and Kings skated to a scoreless draw within the center body. The Kings led in five-on-five shot makes an attempt, 15-14, and anticipated objectives for, 0.30 to 0.29.

3RD PERIOD

The Kings stretched their result in 2-0 early within the closing body on a snipe from Kevin Fiala (25) at 1:05. A. Kopitar (37) and D. Doughty (6) had the helpers.

KEV ON THE POWER PLAYYYYY pic.twitter.com/QhW07nueot

— LA Kings (@LAKings) March 14, 2025

The Kings rapidly elevated their lead. Quinton Byfield (16) made it 3-0 at 1:52. Okay. Fiala (19) and V. Gavrikov (20) had the assists.

DON’T LOOK NOW BUT QUINTON BYFIELD HAS GOALS IN 5 STRAIGHT pic.twitter.com/1ox184GwVj

— LA Kings (@LAKings) March 14, 2025

That was it, because the Kings held on for the 3-0 shutout.