A wild game on the ice and on the scoreboard for the Los Angeles Kings (31-26-19) saw the likes of Artemi Panarin, Adrian Kempe, and Quinton Byfield step up to score the game-winning goal in the extra frame in overtime for a 7-6 win in the standings vs. the Toronto Maple Leafs (32-31-14) this weekend.
Adrian Kempe and Quinton Byfield get the Los Angeles Kings' game winning-goal in overtime in the extra frame vs. Toronto on Saturday afternoon this weekend
In a story we've seen this regular season in the West in the Pacific Division in this past few months, the Kings managed to actually win the game on the scoreboard in the extra frame in overtime. New interim head coach DJ Smith and the Kings have some sloppy and untimely mistakes on the ice to clean up vs. the Maple Leafs.
When it was all said and done, the Kings got an important playoff-saving win for their lives in the standings in the West this regular season down the stretch in the extra frame in overtime. The Kings gave up multiple leads in this game in the final frame in the third period.
This game was another bad start on the ice and on the scoreboard in the opening frame in the first period yesterday this weekend vs. the Maple Leafs from Toronto.
Here's a look at two studs and one dud from the Kings' stirring 7-6 overtime win in the extra frame over the Maple Leafs on home ice on Saturday afternoon (April 4) this weekend at Crypto.com Arena.
Stud: Quinton Byfield, F
When the Kings needed Byfield to step up offensively, scoring the puck yesterday afternoon on home ice vs. the Maple Leafs from Toronto, he did exactly that in the middle frame in the second period and in the clutch in the extra frame in overtime. Byfield won the game in clutch time for the Kings in the extra frame in overtime yesterday, by a score of 7-6 on the scoreboard.
The game-winning goal last night in overtime from Quinton Byfield for the Kings to beat the Maple Leafs 7-6!pic.twitter.com/2jr1s7IB1v
— Rink Royalty (@RinkRoyalty) April 5, 2026
Byfield scored the game's first goal on the scoreboard for the Kings and Smith and the coaching staff early after the first intermission and the opening frame yesterday. In the middle frame in the second period early, Byfield delivered a critical goal to help the Kings get back in the game on the ice and on the scoreboard.
"Q gets two tonight. I mean, when your top two lines score like that, typically you win that game going away, you just don’t like the way you won. "DJ Smith on Quinton Byfield
In extra time in overtime yesterday, Byfield and Panarin both combined for a nice goal on the rush that helped the Kings win the game on the scoreboard to get two points in the standings in the West this regular season down the stretch.