LOS ANGELES (AP) — Phillip Danault and Quinton Byfield scored in the second period and the Los Angeles Kings beat the New York Islanders 4-1 on Tuesday night.

Kuemper quietly had the best year of his NHL career. In 50 games with the Kings, the 34-year-old went 31-11-7 during the regular season, with his 2.02 GAA placing him second behind Hellebuyck.

Quinton Byfield LAK Statline – 81 games played, 23 goals, 31 assists, +16 rating, 46 penalty minutes LAK Playoff Statline – 6 games played, 3 goals, 1 assist, -7 rating, 2 penalty minutes ...

Connor Hellebuyck of the Winnipeg Jets, Darcy Kuemper of the Los Angeles Kings and Andrei Vasilevskiy of the Tampa Bay Lightning were named the 2024-25 Vezina Trophy finalists on Monday.