Los Angeles Kings at Calgary Flames

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Los Angeles Kings

35-27-20

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Calgary Flames

34-39-9

Flames beat the playoff-bound Kings 3-1 to end the season

The Kings learned during the game that they’d be the second wild-card in the Western Conference and face NHL regular-season champion Colorado in the first round — with Game 1 on Sunday in Denver.

Los Angeles finished 35-27-20. Earlier Thursday, Edmonton took second place in the Pacific Division with a 6-1 home victory over Vancouver, and Anaheim won 5-4 at Nashville to finish third.

Morgan Frost and Joel Farabee also scored for Calgary. The Flames finished 34-39-9.

Kings star Anze Kopitar appeared in his final regular-season game, finishing with the seventh-most career points by a born and trained European player with 1,316. The leader of the category is Jaromir Jagr with 1,921.

Quinton Byfield scored for Los Angeles, and Anton Forsberg made 18 saves.

Frost opened the scoring at 5:21 of the second period on a power play with his 22nd of the season. Byfield tied it less than two minutes later with his 24th.

Farabee scored into an empty net to reach 20 goals.

Regular Season Series

CGY wins series 3-1

Scoring Summary

Goal	2nd Period 5:21	Morgan Frost Goal (22) Tip-In, assists: Matvei Gridin (14), Matt Coronato (27)
Goal	2nd Period 6:43	Quinton Byfield Goal (24) Wrist Shot, assists: Trevor Moore (19), Alex Laferriere (23)
Goal	3rd Period 6:08	Zayne Parekh Goal (4) Snap Shot, assists: Zach Whitecloud (14), Ryan Strome (13)
Goal	3rd Period 19:20	Joel Farabee Goal (20) Backhand, assists: Zach Whitecloud (15)

Statistics

LA		CGY
17	Blocked Shots	22
12	Hits	16
6	Takeaways	3
28	Shots	20
0	Power Play Goals	1
2	Power Play Opportunities	3
0.0	Power Play Percentage	33.3
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
26	Faceoffs Won	32
44.8	Faceoff Win Percent	55.2
13	Giveaways	26
4	Total Penalties	3
8	Penalty Minutes	6