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NHL: Los Angeles 3, Anaheim 2

ANAHEIM, Calif., Dec. 3 (UPI) -- Alexander Frolov scored two goals Sunday as the Los Angeles Kings cooled off the red-hot Anaheim Ducks, 3-2.

Dan Cloutier made 27 saves and Derek Armstrong had a goal and an assist for the Kings, who snapped a two-game losing streak, while putting an end to Anaheim's five-game winning streak.

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Todd Marchant and Ryan Getzlaf scored goals and Ilja Bryzgalov made 30 saves for the Ducks before leaving the game in the third period with an injured leg. Jean-Sebastien Giguere went the rest of the way, making eight saves on nine shots.

Anaheim opened the scoring with a first-period power-play goal. Dustin Penner passed to Chris Pronger, who faked a shot and then fed Getzlaf seven minutes into the game.

The Kings tied it on a power-play goal when Lubomir Visnovsky fed Frolov for a score at 18:11 of the first.

Armstrong made it 2-1 at 9:25 of the second and the Kings went up 3-1 with 1:16 left to play when Frolov scored his second goal.

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Marchant scored the Ducks' second goal with 38 seconds left, but that's as far as Anaheim could go.

Los Angeles was 1-for-8 on the power play, while Anaheim was 1-for-3.

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