Blue Jackets beat Kings 4-2, extend road point streak

Scott Harrington and Nathan Gerbe scored in the second period and the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Los Angeles Kings 4-2 on Monday night.

Kevin Stenlund and Gustav Nyquist also scored, and Elvis Merzlikins made 35 saves for the Blue Jackets, who are 5-0-3 in their past eight road games.

Alex Iafallo scored to extend his point streak to seven games but the Kings lost for the third time in four games. Sean Walker had a goal and an assist, and Jonathan Quick made 20 saves.

The Blue Jackets scored twice 3:47 apart in the second period to go ahead. Harrington put Columbus in front 2-1 at 10:40 after Gerbe tied it up 1-all at 6:53 with a one-timer.

Stenlund made it 3-1 at 4:49 of the third by sneaking a wrist shot under Quick’s right arm.

The Kings cut the deficit to 3-2 at 11:15 when Walker scored on a wrist shot through traffic.

Nyquist added an empty-netter with 59.6 seconds remaining to cap the scoring.

Iafallo put the Kings in front 1-0 at 1:26 of the first period by scoring for the third straight game. He backhanded in Walker’s rebound for his fourth goal to go along with four assists during his point streak.

Blue Jackets C Alexander Wennberg had an assist in his 400th career game. ... Blue Jackets F Sonny Milano had an assist, his third point in a three-game point streak since returning from an upper-body injury. ... Blue Jackets D Markus Nutivaara returned after missing 27 games because of an upper-body injury. ... Kings D Derek Forbort made his season debut after missing the first 43 games because of a back injury.