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Kunitz nets shootout winner as Ducks edge Kings

Oct 1, 2008 - 5:40 AM LOS ANGELES (Ticker) -- Chris Kunitz scored the lone goal of the shootout as the Anaheim Ducks skated to a 2-1 preseason victory Tuesday over the Los Angeles Kings.

Matt Moulson gave Los Angeles a 1-0 lead with his third goal of the exhibition season at 10:57 of the first period, beating goaltender Jonas Hiller with a wrist shot. But defenseman Kent Huskins forged a tie midway through the second, tipping Corey Perry's shot past netminder Jason LaBarbera during a power play at 10:41.

Neither team was able to break through in the third period, a session in which the Ducks held a 12-5 advantage. Following a scoreless overtime, Moulson was denied by Hiller on the Kings' first shootout attempt.

LaBarbera made a left pad save on Bobby Ryan's wrist shot, and Teddy Purcell's attempt to slip the puck between the pads of Hiller was denied. But Kunitz avoided a poke-check attempt by LaBarbera and fired the puck into the net on Anaheim's second opportunity to give his team the edge.

Hiller - who finished with 22 saves - made it stand, stopping David Meckler on Los Angeles' last chance.

Perry notched his seventh point in four preseason games with an assist and defenseman Ken Klee also set up Huskins' goal in his debut with the Ducks, who acquired him from the Thrashers in last week's trade that sent blue-liner Mathieu Schneider to Atlanta.

LaBarbera turned aside 30 shots and defenseman Drew Doughty - the second overall pick in last June's draft - recorded his first point with an assist for Los Angeles, which obtained veteran blue-liner Sean O'Donnell from Anaheim earlier in the day.