Kings 6, Ducks 2: Mats Zuccarello had three points in the Los Angeles Kings’ win against the Anaheim Ducks at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
The 39-year-old forward, who had a goal and two assists, signed a one-year, $1 million contract with Los Angeles on July 1 as a free agent.
Alex Turcotte scored twice and had an assist, Adrian Kempe and Erik Haula each had a goal and an assist, Scott Laughton scored, and Drew Doughty had three assists for the Kings. Darcy Kuemper made 17 saves.
Nikita Nesterenko and Beckett Sennecke each scored, and Lukas Dostal made 15 saves for the Ducks.
Both teams were playing their final preseason game and second game against each other. The Kings finished the preseason 2-2-0 while the Ducks were 1-3-0.
Nesterenko put the Ducks on the board 1-0 at 7:06 of the first period, snapping Tim Washe‘s centering pass past Kuemper from the slot.
Laughton put the puck past Dostal’s backside after Haula’s shot from the point rebounded wide off the end boards to make it 1-1 at 8:44.
Sennecke scored on the power play to make it 2-1 at 16:32. He got the puck from Leo Carlsson and put a snap shot past Kuemper from the high slot.
Kempe tied it 2-2 at 19:18, getting the pass from Brian Dumoulin off his skate and putting it past Dostal stick side.
Zuccarello put the Kings ahead 3-2 with a power-play goal at 8:56 of the second period thanks to a cross-crease pass from Artemi Panarin.
Turcotte tipped in Doughty’s shot from the point to make it 4-2 at 1:39 of the third period. He scored again at 8:56, a wrist shot to push it to 5-2, getting the stretch pass from Zuccarello and putting a wrist shot past Dostal.
Haula scored on the power play at 11:52 to make it 6-2. He got the rebound of Turcotte’s shot off the end boards and wristed it past Dostal from the left post.
Los Angeles will open the regular season at the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday (10 p.m. ET; TNT, TruTV, HBO Max). Anaheim opens at Vegas on Friday (10 p.m. ET; Prime Video, KCOP-13, SCRIPPS).