Saturday night marked game No. 25 of the Kings current campaign, and it was their 12th overtime contest. It’s a stat that on the surface almost seems impossible, yet it’s true.

One consistent theme this year for coach Jim Hiller’s squad thus far has been needing more than 60 minutes to determine an outcome. True to form, that’s how things played out once again during the bookend of the team’s back-to-back weekend set — similar to how things unfolded the day prior in Anaheim. Only this time around, it was LA coming out on top.

Kings captain Anze Kopitar opened the scoring with a first period goal. In doing so, he’s now put the puck past 150 different NHL netminders.

@AnzeKopitar has now scored against 150 different goalies in his career! He needs to score against 1 new goalie to join the top 10 in NHL history.#GoKingsGo https://t.co/e9EshNGKVh

— LAKingsUniformHistory (@KingsUniHistory) November 30, 2025

A goal by Canucks forward Evander Kane in the second period tied things up, but that was all the offensive firepower either side produced through 60 minutes of regulation.

In the extra frame, Adrian Kempe buried his 10th career overtime goal — surpassing former captain Dustin Brown (9) and current captain Anze Kopitar (9) for second most in Kings history — and handed the Canucks their fifth loss over the past six games. By contrast, LA is now 6-1-3 over their most recent 10 games, tops in the Pacific Division.

Other Notes & Takeaways:

— Forward Corey Perry played in his 1,411th career regular season contest tonight, tying Hockey Hall of Famer and former Kings defenseman Harry Howell (1,411 GP) for the 40th most regular season games played in NHL history. It was also Perry’s 19th regular season game with the Kings. In his next start, he’ll earn his second performance bonus of the year.

— Goaltender Darcy Kuemper stopped 19-of-20 shots, earning his ninth win of the season and 50th career victory as a member of the Kings.

— Kopitar’s goal was No. 304 of his career at even strength, tying Dave Taylor for
the third most in Kings franchise history. Overall, it was Kopitar’s 445th career goal, which passed Daniel Alfredsson for the 12th-most by a player that was born and trained outside of North America.

— More on Kopitar: With multiple shots on goal in the game, he leapfrogged Dustin Brown (3,360) for the second most in franchise history behind Marcel Dionne (3,848 SOG).

— Kempe increased his team-leading point totals to 22 (8G, 14A) with his sixth multi-point effort of the year. He’s also now just one overtime goal away from tying Jeff Carter (11) for the most in team history.

— The Fiala-Byfield-Kempe line (discussed quite heavily on the most recent KOTP) appears to be a thing of the past. In addition to the trio being broken up during the game on Saturday, postgame indications were they won’t be reunited anytime soon.

Expecting Fiala/Byfield/Kempe to be split up next time the Kings hit the ice.

Jim Hiller said he wanted to give them a fair shake together, not just a period or a game, but didn’t quite get the production everyone hoped for.

All 3 have produced separately, see if that helps. https://t.co/D2h6Ou1gjr

— Zach Dooley (@DooleyLAK) November 30, 2025

— Some power play changes will take a bit longer to develop…

Jim Hiller on LAK staggering 5F PP: “When Drew comes back, you’ll see some changes.”

Followed up on changes until Doughty returns, he doesn’t see any as “we’re limited on options”

— Dennis Bernstein (@DennisTFP) November 30, 2025

Full game highlights can be viewed here:

Pregame notes and lineups can be found in the article linked below.

Lead photo by Megan Sanders, exclusively for MayorsManor.com

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