Brock Boeser left the game after taking an illegal hit to the head from Kings forward Tanner Jeannot in the first period, but the Canucks (7-2-3) overcame the loss of their leading scorer to win their third consecutive match.

Jake DeBrusk scored for the third straight game, Conor Garland scored a power-play goal and Kevin Lankinen made 26 saves for Vancouver, which is 7-1-1 in its last nine games.

Quinton Byfield scored for a second straight game, Darcy Kuemper allowed three goals on 22 shots and the Kings (8-4-3) failed to score a point for the first time in five home games (3- 1-1).

Byfield gave the Kings a 1-0 lead at 1:43 of the first period, beating Kiefer Sherwood before beating Lankinen with a backhand.

Boeser left the game following a hit by Jeannot at 10:44 of the first period. Boeser didn’t seem to see Jeannot coming after playing the puck in the neutral zone.

After kneeling on the ice for a few minutes, Boeser was finally able to skate under his own power before returning directly to the locker room.

Jeannot was assessed a match penalty and Garland scored on a five-minute power play to tie it 1-1 at 14:20 when Kuemper sent the puck into his own net.

DeBrusk gave Vancouver a 2-1 lead at 5:51 of the second period, pulling Kuemper out of his net before scoring at the right post. Hughes got the first assist.

Hughes made it 3-1 Vancouver at 2:44 of the third period with a wrist shot from the left point. The defender has six points (one goal, five assists) in his last three games.

Vladislav Gavrikov cut the score to 3-2 at 13:57 on a shot from the blue line through Trevor Lewis’ screen.

JT Miller scored into an empty net at 18:46 for a 4-2 final.

Kings defenseman Mikey Anderson was cut when he was hit in the face by a shot from Canucks defenseman Filip Hronek at 16:17 of the second period and left the game.