Conor Garland scored his second goal of the game at 4:28 of overtime to give the Vancouver Canucks a 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday night. Garland — who had a power-play goal in the second period — lofted a wrist shot from the left faceoff circle under the blocker of goalie David Rittich for his 16th goal of the season.

Rittich stopped 27 of 32 shots in Sunday's 6-5 win over the Golden Knights. Rittich avoided a fourth straight loss, though he nearly squandered a three-goal lead over the last nine minutes of the game.

Conor Garland scored his second goal of the game at 4:28 of overtime to give the Vancouver Canucks a 3-2 victory over the Kings on Wednesday night. Garland — who had a power-play goal in the second period — lofted a wrist shot from the left faceoff circle under the blocker of goalie David Rittich for his 16th goal of the season.

Rittich will be between the road pipes Sunday in Las Vegas, per Zach Dooley of the Kings' official site. Rittich has lost his last three starts, and he has only one win over seven appearances in the new year.

Rittich stopped 30 of 34 shots in Saturday's 4-1 loss to the Blues. Rittich took his third straight loss, though the previous two had been past regulation time. The 32-year-old netminder has allowed eight goals during his skid,

Starting in St. Louis

Until he can get more positive results, he won't pose much of a threat to Darcy Kuemper's role as the Kings' top goalie. Rittich likely won't have to wait long for his next start -- the Kings have a road back-to-back up next with games in Dallas and St.

St. Louis Blues forward Zack Bolduc scores past Los Angeles Kings goalie David Rittich in the second period of a game against the Los Angeles Kings at Enterprise Center on

Kuemper stopped 26 of 32 shots in Friday's 6-2 loss to the Stars. The Stars led 3-1 after one period, but head coach Jim Hiller didn't pull Kuemper. This likely indicates that David Rittich will handle the second half of a back-to-back when the Kings visit the Blues on Saturday,

Anze Kopitar, Adrian Kempe, Warren Foegele and Brandt Clarke each had a goal and an assist for the visiting Los Angeles Kings, who hung on for a 6-5 win against the Vegas Golden Knights on Sunday.

Adrian Kempe scored the winner in the Los Angeles Kings’ 6-5 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Sunday night. Quinton Byfield, Warren Foegele, Anze Kopitar, Trevor Moore and Brandt Clarke also scored for the Kings.

Colton Parayko and Pavel Buchnevich each scored, and Jordan Binnington made 25 saves. to help the St. Louis Blues beat the Los Angeles Kings 4-1 Saturday night.