Los Angeles Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick stops Vancouver Canucks' Alex Burrows during the third period in Vancouver on Tuesday. (Ben Nelms/Reuters)
Justin Williams and Mike Richards scored in the shootout Tuesday as the Los Angeles Kings beat Vancouver 3-2 and handed the Canucks a second straight home loss.
Williams, who also scored in regulation, beat Canuck goalie Roberto Luongo on his stick side while Richards, the fourth shooter, fired over his glove.
Alex Burrows scored for the Canucks, who got regulation goals from Daniel Sedin and David Booth.
Dustin Penner opened the scoring for the Kings.
Los Angeles (23-15-9) consolidated its hold on a Western Conference playoff berth while the Canucks (28-15-4) lost for the third time in five games.
The Kings, who haven't defeated Vancouver in regulation in their last seven games at Rogers Arena, improved to 8-1-5 under coach Darryl Sutter who replaced the fired Terry Murray.
Vancouver, listless in a 4-2 Sunday loss to the lowly Anaheim Ducks, missed a chance to grab a share of the conference lead with the Detroit Red Wings.
Booth, who missed 18 games with a knee injury, tied the game five minutes into the third period with his first goal since Dec. 4.
Booth, who dropped down to the third line, took Jannik Hansen's centring pass and snapped it behind Kings goalie Jonathan Quick.
Another Booth shot hit Quick on the mask, knocking it off.
Luongo preserved the tie by smothering Mike Richards' close-in attempt and blocking Williams' tip attempt with four minutes left in regulation.
Both goalies were sharp as the Kings outshot Vancouver 41-34.
The Canucks were once again facing a California club playing its third game in four nights. They were looking for a better start than they had Sunday against Anaheim, but didn't get it.
They were being outshot 11-3 when Penner tipped Drew Doughty's point blast behind Luongo for the game's first goal.
Luongo had previously faced several odd-man rushes, robbing Penner with his stick and glove. He also denied Colin Fraser and Trevor Lewis on the rebound.
Williams couldn't beat him on a 2-on-1 break-in and Kyle Clifford's breakaway attempt found Luongo's glove.
Vancouver pushed the pace and drew even early in the second period when the Kings surrendered their fifth power-play goal in four games.
Daniel Sedin, with his club-leading 20th goal of the season, beat Quick with a snap shot from the left face-off dot.
Three minutes later Quick, who defeated the Canucks 4-1 with a 27-save effort on New Year's Eve, dropped to the ice to foil Sedin a second time.
Williams' power-play goal gave the Kings a 2-1 lead entering the third period.
He was well positioned at the side of the net to scoop the rebound of Willie Mitchell's point shot over Luongo who had gone down to make a pad save.
The goal was the ninth of the season for Williams but his third in the last five games for the Kings who haven't lost in regulation time when leading after two periods since April 2, 2009.
