(AP) - Matt Greene scored short-handed late in the second period for the lead and Jonathan Quick was strong in net throughout as the Los Angeles Kings beat the St. Louis Blues 3-1 in the opener of a Western Conference semifinal series on Saturday night.
Slava Voynov scored for his first point of the postseason and Dustin Penner added an empty-netter for the Kings, who were 3-0 on the road while taking down the President's Trophy-winning Vancouver Canucks in five games in the first round.
Los Angeles is the eighth seed in the conference but won the season series 3-1.
David Backes opened the scoring on a deflection in the first period for the Blues, the No. 2 seed in the West and the topremaining seed in the conference.
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