11/29 - Kings 8, Kraken 9 (OT)

Fans witnessed history on Tuesday night when the Kings fell 9-8 in overtime to the Seattle Kraken. Goals came quickly and often as 12 Kings players recorded a point, including seven players registering multi-point games.
The Kings opened the scoring just 16 seconds into the game when Anze Kopitar put home a loose puck in front of the net. It wasn't long before the flood gates opened up and a total of six pucks found the back of the net by the end of the first period.
Chaos continued the rest of the way and in total 17 goals were scored between the two teams. According the NHL, the Kraken and Kings produced the highest-scoring game so far this season. The back-and-forth Pacific Division showdown featured the most goals in the first half of a game (12) in over 12 years. It ended as the second 17-goal game in as many seasons and just the 12th regular-season contest over the past 35 years to feature as many tallies.
The Kings trailed the majority of the game but showed resilience, fighting back a record number of times. The Kings (5) and Kraken (1) matched the NHL record for the most game-tying goals in a game. Los Angeles' five tying tallies were the most by one team in a game in nearly 27 years (BUF: 5x on Jan. 6, 1996 at MTL) and marked just the 15th regular-season contest in history in which a team accomplished the feat. The NHL record for tying goals in a game by one team is six, a mark last achieved by the Kings on Jan. 13, 1984 (6 GTG in 7-7T at WIN).
Trailing by two heading into the third period, the Kings erased the deficit with a pair of goals from from their blueliners Sean Durzi and Mikey Anderson. Tied 8-8, the Kings sent the Kraken to overtime. Ultimately, the Kraken came out victorious, scoring on the power play following a Kings too many men penalty. Tuesday marked the fifth 9-8 game in NHL history - the other instances came on Oct. 27, 2011 (WPG 9, PHI 8), Feb. 27, 1982 (PHI 9, CGY 8), Dec. 2, 1981 (QUE 9, EDM 8) and Oct. 10, 1981 (TOR 9, CHI 8).

Notable players notes:
- Anze Kopitar (1-1=2) scored his 11th opening-minute goal of his career 16 seconds into the first period, marking the Kings' third goal scored in the opening minute of a game this season (Fiala - 35 seconds, 11/22/22 vs. NYR; Grundstrom - nine seconds, 11/12/22 vs. Detroit). - Per NHL PR, the only players in NHL history with more opening-minute goals in their career are Sidney Crosby (14), Mark Messier (13), Dave Taylor (12), Phil Esposito (12) and Gordie Howe (12). - Kopitar joins Sidney Crosby (101-150=251), Alex Ovechkin (135-103=238), Patrick Kane (73-136=209) and Patrice Bergeron (87-117=204) as the only active players in NHL history to factor on the first goal of a game at least 200 times in their careers. - Adrian Kempe (1-1=2) notched his eighth goal of the season, marking his 200th career point, becoming the 14th member from the 2014 NHL Draft class to reach such mark. He now sits two goals shy of his 100th career goal. - Drew Doughty (0-3=3) registered his 109th career multi-assist game, moving him two multi-assist outings of tying Rob Blake (111) for most by a defenseman in LA Kings history. His three points also moved him ahead of Fredrik Olausson (147-434=581) for 48th-most points by a defenseman in NHL history (133-449=582). - Kevin Fiala (0-4=4) recorded his first four-point game as a King, marking the fourth time in his career he has earned four or more points in a game. - Gabriel Vilardi (2-0-2) recorded his second career multi-goal game (last: 5/5/21 at Arizona). - Viktor Arvidsson (1-0=1) scored his fifth goal of the season, marking his fourth point in his last three games (2-2=4). - Carl Grundstrom (1-0=1) tallied his fifth goal of the season. - Mikey Anderson (1-1=2) notched his first goal of the season and second multi-point game on the year. - Blake Lizotte (0-1=1) and Sean Walker (0-1=1) each picked up assists. - Matt Roy (0-1=1) eclipsed the 10-point plateau for his fourth consecutive season. - Sean Durzi (1-1=2) extended his point streak to three games (0-4=4) with his 10th assist on the year. In doing so, Durzi surpassed K'Andre Miller (12-28=40) for seventh-most points among defensemen from the 2018 NHL Draft class.

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