Alex Turcotte finishes with two goals and an assist, and goalie Darcy Kuemper makes 20 saves in the Kings' 5-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks.

It’s been a while since the opposing team was the one to get going quickly. For the last few games, the Los Angeles Kings have made a conscious effort to come out of the gates flying and waste no time trying to get that early lead.

They were singing in falsetto on Thursday in Vancouver, where Alex Turcotte’s two goals and his no-look assist to Adrian Kempe in the opening 9:42 of the match staked the Kings and lights-out goaltender Darcy Kuemper to a three-score advantage en route to a 5-1 win.

Artemi Panarin scored twice, Chris Kreider got the go-ahead goal with 9:38 left and the New York Rangers rallied for a 5-3 victory over the Utah Hockey Club on Thursday night. Reilly Smith tied it 3-all with a short-handed goal 28 seconds into the third period for the Rangers,

After an embarrassing 6-1 loss on the road to the Jets, the Canucks returned home and served up an embarrassing 5-1 loss to the Kings in front of the home fans. Just like Tom Petty, this team is free falling.

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Alex Turcotte scored twice and added an assist — all in the first 10 minutes — as the Los Angeles Kings thumped the struggling Vancouver Canucks

Alex Turcotte scored twice and notched an assist as the Los Angeles Kings thumped the struggling Vancouver Canucks 5-1 on Thursday.

Look at the featured image above. That’s the second goal of Thursday’s game, scored by Los Angeles’ Alex Turcotte. Turcotte collected a rebound off Thatcher Demko and was all alone to flip home the puck for what was his second goal of the game.

Alex Ovechkin's OT goal was his 874th career goal, putting him 20 away away from tying Wayne Gretzky’s mark of 894.

Alex Turcotte scored twice and added an assist as the Los Angeles Kings thumped the struggling Vancouver Canucks 5-1.