Quinton Byfield Calls Game In OT, Propelling Los Angeles Over Toronto

Artemi Panarin continues his great play with the Kings, this time with a great find to Quinton Byfield on the rush in overtime to score the game-winning goal and lift the Los Angeles Kings (31-26-19) over the Toronto Maple Leafs, 7-6. In a tie game in overtime, we've seen this before from the Kings, and it's never good. But this time, Los Angeles capitalizes in the clutch to win a huge game in a must-win situation to stay alive in the playoff race.

This win makes up for that heartbreaking loss the Kings suffered on Thursday against the Nashville Predators. If you are looking for the final score, you can just google the year when the Leafs last won the Stanley Cup. #GoKingsGo pic.

twitter. com/CaPEpJtE5l — LA Kings (@LAKings) April 5, 2026 The game opened up as it has in the last four games. Once again, the Kings went down by two goals to start the first period; it's the third time in their last four games that they have started off this poorly in the opening frame.

The recent defeats the Kings have been suffering stem from terrible early starts and fighting their way back into the game, which ends in the same pattern: losing in overtime. Los Angeles went six minutes in the first period, not even recording one shot on goal, which tells you everything about why Toronto held a 2-0 lead to end the first period. The early sluggish turnovers by Los Angeles led to the two-goal hole that the Maple Leafs poured on the Kings.