Darcy Kuemper stopped 33 shots for the Kings (34-20-9), who improved to an NHL-best 21-3-4 at home. Defenseman Drew Doughty capped the scoring with an empty-net shorthander at 18:43 of the third period.

Philip Danault and Quinton Byfield scored the clinching goals within a span of five minutes for the host Los Angeles Kings, who rode a potent penalty kill to a 4-1 win over the New York Islanders on Tuesday.

Phillip Danault, Quinton Byfield, Vladislav Gavrikov and Drew Doughty all score, and Darcy Kuemper has 33 saves in a 4-1 win. New York has two goals disallowed for goalie interference.

There is bad luck and there is poor play. And then there is the melding of both. That is the only way to describe the Islanders’ play on Tuesday night in a disastrous 4-1 loss to the Kings at Crypto.com Arena with two goaltender interference calls going against them,