Kings’ Ilya Kovalchuk downplays dazzling goal

Ilya Kovalchuk of the Kings scored a beautiful goal Thursday. Coming down the right wing, he sneaked the puck through the legs of Vegas defenseman Nicolas Hague and fired it past goaltender Oscar Dansk.
It brought a roar from the Staples Center crowd.
That third-period goal only pulled the Kings within 6-2 on their way to a 7-2 loss to the Golden Knights, who swept the Kings in the first round of the playoffs this past April.
Kovalchuk indicated afterward he didn’t care how pretty it looke