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LOS ANGELES — Quinn Hughes had a goal and an assist, and the Vancouver Canucks overcame the loss of top scorer Brock Boeser to beat the Los Angeles Kings 4-2. Boeser did not return after taking an illegal check to the head from Kings forward Tanner Jeannot. Conor Garland scored on the subsequent five-minute power play after Jeannot received a match penalty, tying the score at 1. Jake DeBrusk and J.T. Miller also scored, and Kevin Lankinen made 25 saves. Quinton Byfield and Vladislav Gavrikov scored for Los Angeles, and Darcy Kuemper finished with 19 saves. Kings defenseman Mikey Anderson also left the game because of injury. He was cut badly after taking Filip Hronek's shot to the face late in the second period.
