Quinton Byfield’s OT goal lifts Kings over Predators

Quinton Byfield scored for the sixth straight game at 3:20 of overtime to lift the Los Angeles Kings to a 1-0 win against the visiting Nashville Predators on Saturday evening.Darcy Kuemper made 24 saves for his second consecutive shutout for the Kings, who have won five in a row to retake second place in the Pacific Division.Kuemper has four shutouts overall this season and 35 for his 13-year NHL career.Kuemper had not allowed a goal in seven straight periods entering the overtime, and the Kings finished it off when Adrian Kempe made a short centering pass to Byfield and he shot the puck into the net.Byfield is the first Los Angeles player to score in six straight games since Luc Robitaille 32 years ago.Los Angeles also ran its home point streak to 12 games (9-0-3), the third-longest home-point streak in franchise history behind 13-game runs in 2022-23 (11-0-2) and 1992-93 (12-0-1).Justus Annunen made 20 saves for the Predators, who were coming off a 2-1 loss at the Anaheim Ducks on Friday that snapped a four-game winning streak.Nashville allowed just 15 shots on goal against Anaheim.Annunen was trying for his third NHL shutout.