CALGARY, Alberta -- Jeff Carter scored on a breakaway 40 seconds into overtime on Tuesday night to lift the Los Angeles Kings to a 5-4 win over the Calgary Flames.
The Kings snapped a five-game road losing streak.
Los Angeles right winger Kris Versteeg jammed in the tying goal with 35 seconds remaining in the third period. Milan Lucic scored twice and Andy Andreoff added a goal for the Kings.
Deryk Engelland scored with just over four minutes left in the third period to give the Flames a 4-3 lead. Mickael Backlund, Hunter Shinkaruk and Mark Giordano also had goals for Calgary.
The Kings pulled one point ahead of the Anaheim Ducks in the battle for first place in the Western Conference's Pacific Division. Anaheim also played Tuesday night at home against Winnipeg.
It was the Kings' final road game of the regular season. They face the Ducks at home on Thursday and the Winnipeg Jets on Sunday to close out their schedule.
Calgary will not be in the playoffs and has a home game against the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday and road game in Minnesota on Saturday to end its season.
Giordano and Andreoff exchanged goals quickly in the third period. Giordano snapped home a power play goal 33 seconds into the period and Andreoff scored on a backhander at 1:05.
Backlund opened the scoring at 3:41 of the first period when his centering pass from behind the net went in off Anze Kopitar's skate. It was only one of four shots the Flames mustered in the opening 20 minutes as they were outshot 12-4.
Kopitar was involved in tying the score at 9:53 of the first period. He was stopped on a rush, but Lucic was following the play and snapped the loose puck through Joni Ortio's pads from the left faceoff circle.
Lucic knocked a rebound into an open net to give the Kings a 2-1 lead 14 seconds into the second period. Shinkaruk banged in a rebound to tie the score at 15:51.
NOTES: Flames LW and Calgary native Hunter Shinkaruk made his Saddledome debut Tuesday. Shinkaruk was acquired in a Feb. 22 trade with Vancouver and was recalled from AHL Stockton on March 28. "It was cool (this morning) to have these colors on and skating around the Dome," Shinkaruk said. ... Flames captain Mark Giordano entered Tuesday needing two points to reach 300 in his 590-game NHL career. ... The Kings summoned D Kevin Gravel from AHL Ontario on Sunday to fill in for D Alec Martinez (undisclosed injury), who missed a second straight game Monday. ... Other Kings scratches included D Rob Scuderi, LW Kyle Clifford and C Nic Dowd. ... Calgary's scratches were D Dennis Wideman, RW Michael Frolik and G Niklas Backstrom. ... Kings coach Darryl Sutter coached his 1,200th game Sunday in Vancouver, becoming the 15th coach in league history to do so.
