LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Jason LaBarbera posted his fourth NHL shutout, making 14 of his 23 saves in the second period, and Wayne Simmonds and Kyle Calder scored 4:04 apart to lift the Los Angeles Kings to a 3-0 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday night.
The Blue Jackets, who beat the Kings in both road games last season, were shut out for the first time despite outshooting Los Angeles 23-18. LaBarbera's other shutout this season was on Oct. 24 at St. Louis, when he faced 15 shots in a 4-0 victory.
Anze Kopitar assisted on Calder's goal and scored into an empty net with 13 seconds to play for the Kings, who snapped a three-game losing streak.
This was the first time in 16 games that the Blue Jackets failed to score in the third period. They were 0-for-4 on the power play, making them 6-for-100 over their last 20 games and a league-worst 12-for-125 overall.
Simmonds opened the scoring at 2:39 of the second, beating Steve Mason to the glove side with a wrist shot from the top of the right circle. Calder made it 2-0 at 12:29 of the period, redirecting Kyle Quincey's slap shot from the left point after Kopitar won a faceoff from R.J. Umberger.
Kings forward Patrick O'Sullivan was awarded a penalty shot at 6:43 of the second period, when defenseman Mike Commodore hooked him from behind, forcing O'Sullivan to lose control of the puck as he got to the crease. But O'Sullivan came up empty on the penalty shot, flipping the puck over the crossbar.
The Kings, who came in allowing a league-low 25.7 shots per game, outshot Columbus 3-2 during a first period that had only 10 play stoppages — three of them because of penalties.
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