• Recap
• Bleachers

Reinprecht scores twice as Coyotes clip Kings

Oct 5, 2008 - 4:28 AM GLENDALE, Arizona (Ticker) -- Steven Reinprecht scored two first-period goals as the Phoenix Coyotes cruised past the Los Angeles Kings, 5-2, on Saturday.

The 32-year-old center opened the scoring at the 10:08 mark, beating Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick with a wrist shot off assists from Kevin Porter and Keith Yandle.

Less than six minutes later, Reinprecht doubled the advantage with another wrister. Enver Lisin and Derek Morris picked up the helpers.

Midway through the second period, Porter snapped a shot past Quick. The unassisted tally made it 3-0.

The Coyotes struck shorthanded at 15:37 when Daniel Winnik and Zbynek Michaek set up Viktor Thikhonov for a slap shot that beat Quick to make it 4-0.

The Kings broke Ilya Bryzgalov's shutout big at 8:02 of the third when Dustin Brown scored on a wrist shot to make it 4-1.

Brown had a hand in bringing the Kings within 4-2 at 14:51. The 13th overall selection in the 2003 draft and Drew Doughty set up Sean O'Donnell, who snapped a shot into the net.

The Coyotes doused the Kings' dreams of a comeback with a power-play goal at 18:14. Shane Doan scored on a wrist shot off an assist from Porter, who finished with a goal and two assists.

The Kings outshot the Coyotes, 38-34.