Maple Leafs vs Kings

Get a recap of the Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Los Angeles Kings hockey game.

[Ilya Samsonov](http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/3900505/ilya-samsonov), who stopped 25 shots. [Gabriel Vilardi](http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/4233583/gabriel-vilardi) also scored during the Kings' three-goal second period, and captain [Anze Kopitar](http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/3183/anze-kopitar) had two assists. Although Toronto scored a game’s opening goal for only the third time in nine games this season, the Leafs struggled to get the puck out of their zone for long stretches of the Kings’ strong second period. Leafs defenseman Filip Král made his NHL debut with 16 shifts, including time on Toronto's penalty kill. The difference is special teams and you know, we did give them some gifts for goals, you know, that they didn’t necessarily give us so that’s really the difference.” [Cal Petersen](http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/3042182/cal-petersen) made 26 saves in an encouraging bounce-back victory for Los Angeles, which had lost three of four after a solid start to the season. Los Angeles claimed the lead with a pair of power-play goals. They made it hard for us to get off the wall. He’s been able to create with workers and creative players in his career, so he did a real good job there.” ... Hard to say (why), but whenever you’ve lost three games in a row, for sure your confidence will be lowered. The prolific Swiss scorer has nine points in 10 games for LA, including three multi-point outings so far. “Special teams are huge always, and the fact that we were able to come on top of that is big, especially against this team,” Kopitar said.