Kings Beat Bruins 2-0 For 2nd Straight Win

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Ryan Smyth scored the Kings' first power-play goal in eight games and Andrei Loktionov added a goal, helping Los Angeles beat Boston 2-0 on Monday night for its fifth straight victory over the Bruins.

The teams' previous four meetings had all gone to overtime or a shootout, including the Kings' 4-3 victory on Nov. 20 after they blew a 3-0 lead on the road.

Los Angeles has won two straight after going 3-13 in its previous 16 games, a plunge that dropped it from being one of the top teams in the West to a club fighting for a playoff berth.

Smyth gave the Kings a 1-0 lead at 10:50 of the first period, ending an 0-for-22 power-play drought that spanned the previous seven games.

He scored his 18th goal on a rebound of Jarret Stoll's one-timer after Boston's Zdeno Chara was sent off for hooking.

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