Results on Saturday from the second round of the National Hockey League playoffs (all series best-of-seven): Western Conference at Chicago Detroit 4 Chicago 1 (Series level 1-1) at San Jose San Jose 2 Los Angeles Kings 1 (OT) (Los Angeles lead series 2-1) afp

OT goal gives Kings a third straight win ST. LOUIS -- Turns out the reports of the demise of the defending Stanley Cup champion Los Angeles Kings might have been a bit premature. Slava Voynov scored eight minutes into overtime to give the Kings a 3-2 win over the St. Louis Blues on Wednesday night, which also gave Los Angeles a lead in the first-round series by the same margin.

There were no hiccups in Jonathan Quick's performance on Saturday as he backstopped the fifth-seeded Los Angeles Kings to their first victory this postseason. The 2012 Conn Smythe Trophy winner would love to receive more than one goal of support in Game 4 on Monday as host Los Angeles attempts to even its Western Conference first-round series against the fourth-seeded St. Louis Blues. The Kings dropped a pair of 2-1 decisions - including one in overtime - in St.

The Minnesota Wild looked like a different team at home in Game 3, outshooting the top-seeded Chicago Blackhawks for the first time in their Western Conference first-round series to win their first postseason game in five years. The eighth-seeded Wild host Game 4 on Tuesday hoping to even the series at two games apiece. Rookie Jason Zucker’s shot from a sharp angle 2:15 into overtime gave Minnesota a 3-2 victory on Sunday after falling twice at Chicago: 2-1 in overtime in Game 1 and 5-2 in Game 2.