ST. LOUIS — Alex Iafallo and Andreas Athanasiou scored in the second period to send the LA Kings past the St. Louis Blues 2-1 on Wednesday night for their sixth consecutive victory.
Cal Petersen made 35 saves, improving to 3-0-1 in his past four starts.
Oskar Sundqvist scored late in the third for the Blues, who fell to 1-5-1 in their past seven home games.
Iafallo put Los Angeles ahead at 10:24 of the second. St. Louis goalie Jordan Binnington couldn’t corral a shot by Dustin Brown, and Iafallo took advantage by knocking in the rebound.
The Kings made it 2-0 at 16:08 when Athanasiou scored on a wrist shot, beating Binnington to his glove side.
Binnington made his fifth consecutive start and sixth in the team’s past seven games. He stopped 19 shots in falling to 8-6-2.
St. Louis was unable to score with a 6-on-5 skating advantage for 3:25 on a delayed penalty in the third. Sundqvist scored on the ensuing power play at 18:14.
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