DeBrusk lifts Vancouver Canucks to 4-3 overtime win over Los Angeles Kings

Quinton Byfield and Alex Laferriere each had a goal and an assist for the Kings (35-26-20), while Adrian Kempe tallied his 36th of the campaign and Darcy Kuemper made 21 saves.

L.A. has clinched its playoff berth but remains in the Western Conference’s second wild-card playoff spot with one game left on their regular-season schedule.

The result snapped the Kings’ five-game win streak, though the team earned a point for the eighth straight game (6-0-2).

TAKEAWAYS

Canucks: DeBrusk scored for a third straight game. His three goals across the stretch all came on the power play. The 29-year-old winger has scored 19 of his 23 goals with the man advantage this season.

Kings: Anze Kopitar played his final game at Rogers Arena and registered an assist on Kempe’s second-period tally. He now has 864 career assists, all with L.A. That number ranks third among active players with a single franchise trailing only the Penguins’ Evgeni Malkin (874) and Sidney Crosby (1,107).

KEY MOMENT

Buium levelled the score 3-3 midway through the second period off a give and go. The rookie defenceman dished off to Nils Hoglander, moved to the slot and got the puck back, firing it in for his sixth goal of the season at the 9:20 mark. It was his first goal in 25 games.

KEY STAT

The Canucks won their third straight game for the first time since Dec. 14-20 when they took four straight road victories.

UP NEXT

Kings: Visit the Calgary Flames on Thursday.

Canucks: Close out the their season on the road against the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 14, 2026.

Gemma Karstens-Smith, The Canadian Press

by The Canadian Press

DeBrusk lifts Vancouver Canucks to 4-3 overtime win over Los Angeles Kings

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