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NHL: Los Angeles 3, Vancouver 2 (SO)

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- Mike Richards fired a goal over Roberto Luongo's shoulder in the third round of the shootout Tuesday to give the Los Angeles Kings a 3-2 win over Vancouver.

Dustin Penner and Justin Williams scored in regulation for the Kings and Jonathan Quick notched 31 saves for the road victory.

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Daniel Sedin and David Booth scored for the Canucks, who lost their second in a row. Luongo finished with 39 saves.

Vancouver tied the score twice in the closely fought contest. After Penner gave Los Angeles the early lead in the first period, Sedin scored on a power play at 2:41 of the second to make it 1-1.

Williams came back with a power-play goal at 15:14 but Booth knotted it at 2-2 with a wrist shot at 5:00 of the third period to point the game toward overtime.

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