Marco Kasper, Elmer Soderblom lift Red Wings over Kings

Marco Kasper had two goals and an assist and the host Detroit Red Wings won their third straight by defeating the Los Angeles Kings 5-2 on Monday night.Lucas Raymond supplied a goal and three assists. Elmer Soderblom scored his first goal of the season and Alex DeBrincat also tallied for Detroit, while Cam Talbot made 23 saves.Kevin Fiala and Quinton Byfield scored for the Kings, and Darcy Kuemper made 23 saves. The Kings have gone 2-5-1 over their last eight games.Detroit forwards Patrick Kane and J.T. Compher missed the game due to upper-body injuries and Vladimir Tarasenko sat out due to an illness.Kasper gave the Red Wings a 4-2 lead with 9:55 left by knocking in his own rebound while getting shoved to the ice. He added an empty-netter in the final seconds.Los Angeles emerged from the first period with a 2-1 lead.There was no scoring until Fiala found the back of the net with 5:10 left in the period. He took a shot from near the blue line, which beat a screened Talbot on the glove side. Jordan Spence and Alex Laferriere had the assists.

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