Kings rally past Rangers to extend home win streak

Kevin Fiala and Phillip Daneault scored power-play goals 6:54 apart in the second period as the Los Angeles Kings extended their home winning streak to seven games and their team-record home points streak to 15 with a 3-1 victory over the New York Rangers on Tuesday night.Los Angeles (40-21-9, 89 points) scored multiple power play goals for the second time this season and moved two points ahead of the Edmonton Oilers for second place in the Pacific Division. The Kings also remained five points behind the Vegas Golden Knights for the division lead.J.T. Miller scored for the Rangers (34-32-6, 74 points,) who lost for the fifth time in six games and remained one point behind the Montreal Canadiens for the second wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference. New York also has the same point total as the New York Islanders, who have two games in hand.Fiala added an empty-net goal with 16 seconds left on a delayed penalty for his fifth multi-goal game this season.Los Angeles goalie Darcy Kuemper made 22 saves. New York’s Igor Shesterkin stopped 30 shots.