LOS ANGELES (AP) Kevin Fiala scored in overtime to give the Los Angeles Kings a 4-3 win over the Ottawa Senators on Thursday night.

Fiala scored on a spinning backhand two minutes into the extra session to give the Kings their third win in four games.

ā€œThatā€™s a really hard goal to score,ā€ interim coach Jim Hiller said. ā€œHe was at the end of the shift already. ā€¦ I wouldnā€™t have liked to see that thing go the other way. I know we were tired, we were a little worried about that, but give Kevin credit.ā€

Jacob Moverare scored his first career goal, Quinton Byfield and Pierre-Luc Dubois each had a goal, and Cam Talbot made 28 saves for the Kings.

ā€œWe needed two points tonight, and I think it showed with our effort," forward Blake Lizotte said.

Drake Batherson had a goal late in the third period to tie the game at 3-all, Dominik Kubalik scored on the power play, and Brady Tkachuk had a goal for the Senators. Joonas Korpisalo made 31 saves.

ā€œWe were right there for the whole game,ā€ said Korpisalo, who returned to the lineup after missing three games because of illness. ā€œA couple unfortunate bounces, which decided the result, but I think we played a really good game throughout.ā€

The Kings came to life in the third, drawing their first penalty and tying it up at 2 with Talbot off for an extra attacker when Dubois finished off Anze Kopitarā€™s centering pass midway through the period.

Moverare put them in front with 8:14 remaining when his shot redirected in off Tim Stutzleā€™s stick. It was his first goal in 32 career games.

ā€œItā€™s gonna be a cool memory to look back to one day,ā€ Moverare said.

Batherson, who also had an assist, sent it to overtime with a one-timer from Artem Zub with 4:23 to go.

Despite being depleted by injuries and having traded forward Vladimir Tarasenko to Florida on Wednesday, the Senators largely outplayed the Kings through two periods.

ā€œI thought we competed hard right from the start,ā€ Ottawa interim coach Jacques Martin said. ā€œWe probably could have scored a couple more, we missed some great opportunities. Unfortunately, we only got the one point.ā€

Kubalik chopped Jake Sandersonā€™s shot down to go up 1-0 on a power play 7:33 into the first.

After Byfield scored on a breakaway with 6:36 left in the second to tie it, Tkachuk responded 15 seconds later beating Talbot five-hole while falling down to put Ottawa back in the lead.

Talbot made two key saves against Stutzle to keep Los Angeles in the game, making a pad stop 42 seconds into the first and a sprawling glove save to prevent him from scoring into an open net 13 seconds before Byfieldā€™s goal.

ā€œI think we needed Talbs for the first 40 minutes,ā€ Hiller said. ā€œWe didnā€™t play well. He kept us in it. Not just the obvious with that incredible save he made, but there was five or six before that. He gave us a chance to get our legs underneath us.ā€

Playing the second night of a back-to-back, the Senators did not have defenseman Thomas Chabot (lower body) and forward Matthew Highmore (upper body), who sustained injuries in the 2-1 loss to the Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday.

ā€œI think we were just happy the way we played overall tonight,ā€ Batherson said. ā€œFor us to come out on a back-to-back and put an effort like that and get a point, weā€™ll take it.ā€

UP NEXT

Senators: Visit the San Jose Sharks on Saturday night.

Kings: Host the Dallas Stars on Saturday night.

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