Blue Jackets blanked by Kings

It was the second time in 17 days that Los Angeles had beaten Columbus 3-0.

COLUMBUS (AP) — Raitis Ivanans and Peter Harrold scored their first goals of the season and Jonathan Quick stopped 24 shots for his first career shutout in the Los Angeles Kings’ 3-0 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday night.

It was the second time in 17 days that the Kings beat the Blue Jackets 3-0. Jason LaBarbera had 23 saves in a 3-0 win in Los Angeles on Dec. 6.

Patrick O’Sullivan had a goal and an assist and Anze Kopitar had two assists for the Kings, who ended a four-game losing skid and had lost their last four road games.

Quick was never challenged. Blue Jackets captain Rick Nash had a goal midway through the third period disallowed because of a high stick.

Steve Mason stopped 39 shots for Columbus, which had won its last five at home.

The Kings, who were winding up a three-game road trip, looked anything but worn down. They wasted little time in taking control.

Just 2:56 in, rookie Drew Doughty’s shot handcuffed Mason, the puck bouncing to the left doorstep. Ivanans — the Kings’ enforcer with 63 penalty minutes but nary a goal or assist in 33 games — flicked it under Mason’s glove.

At the 11:48 mark, Kopitar took a loose puck near the blue line and coasted in on a 2-on-1, passing across the ice to O’Sullivan for a jam shot and the 2-0 lead. It was O’Sullivan’s ninth goal of the season.

Nash netted a shot at 9:59 of the third, but it was disallowed. That touched off a vulgar chant directed at the video review officials in Toronto.

The Blue Jackets were denied what appeared to be a goal in overtime last week in Dallas when a review in Toronto overturned the on-ice officials. Manny Malhotra’s goal was waved off because he supposedly use a kicking motion to put the goal in net — even though he was skating on one foot at the time. Many Blue Jackets fans were still angry about that call.

Harrold added a goal with just over 2 minutes left.