"The far side was kind of open, and haven't scored in a while, so it was time to shoot," Kempe said.
New Jersey coach Alain Nasreddine said the Devils were not smart enough managing the puck when they did have it in overtime.
"It started with us," Nasreddine said. "We took a shot, not really a real quality shot and ended up giving the [Kings] possession. And they just kept it, kept it, kept it until they got that scoring chance, and it ended up costing us."
Quick had to make several difficult saves in the third period. He used his right skate to save Gusev's shot during a 2-on-1 at 11:15 and blocked the follow-up by Pavel Zacha with both hands.
"They had a lot of opportunities that [Quick] stood big and strong in the net (to stop)," Kings coach Todd McLellan said.
Blackwood was just as effective, starting with saving dangerous shots by Trevor Lewis and Trevor Moore with 22 seconds remaining in the first period. Nasreddine praised Blackwood, who is 7-0-2 in his past nine starts, as "very strong once again."
"He's been in the zone now for a while," Nasreddine said. "He was in control, rebounds were good, so it was a great performance again."
Bratt scored on a one-timer from the right circle to give the Devils a 1-0 lead at 7:19 of the first period. It was Bratt's fourth goal in the past five games. Gusev had the assist for his eighth point (two goals, six assists) during his point streak.
