Los Angeles Kings at New York Islanders

· National Hockey League

Los Angeles Kings

27-23-15

Final
3 - 2

New York Islanders

37-24-5

Kempe scores to lead Kings over Islanders 3-2

Los Angeles Kings vs. New York Islanders: Game Highlights

Trevor Moore and Anze Kopitar also scored for the Kings and Darcy Kuemper stopped 21 of the 23 shots he faced.

Emil Heineman scored twice for the Islanders, and Ilya Sorokin made 24 saves. Bo Horvat added two assists.

Kempe scored on a wrist shot with 1:32 remaining in the first period to put the Kings up 3-0. Kempe now has five goals and four assists in his last six games.

After the game, the Islanders stayed on the ice and shook hands with Kings captain Kopitar, who is playing in his 20th and final season in the NHL.

Up next Kings: Visit the New Jersey Devils on Saturday.

Islanders: Host the Calgary Flames on Saturday.

Regular Season Series

LA wins series 2-0

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 3:33	Trevor Moore Goal (8) Wrist Shot, assists: none
Goal	1st Period 13:07	Anze Kopitar Goal (8) Wrist Shot, assists: Mikey Anderson (10), Alex Turcotte (11)
Goal	1st Period 18:28	Adrian Kempe Goal (26) Wrist Shot, assists: Artemi Panarin (45)
Goal	2nd Period 10:46	Emil Heineman Goal (17) Tip-In, assists: Adam Pelech (9), Bo Horvat (18)
Goal	3rd Period 3:38	Emil Heineman Goal (18) Deflected, assists: Matthew Schaefer (28), Bo Horvat (19)

Statistics

LA		NYI
23	Blocked Shots	14
23	Hits	23
4	Takeaways	5
27	Shots	23
0	Power Play Goals	0
3	Power Play Opportunities	3
0.0	Power Play Percentage	0.0
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
19	Faceoffs Won	27
41.3	Faceoff Win Percent	58.7
11	Giveaways	9
5	Total Penalties	4
10	Penalty Minutes	8

New York Islanders Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Ryan Pulock, D	Day-To-Day	Mar 22
Anthony Duclair, LW	Day-To-Day	Mar 22
Alexander Romanov, D	Injured Reserve	Mar 12
Pierre Engvall, LW	Injured Reserve	Mar 12
Semyon Varlamov, G	Injured Reserve	Mar 12