Kings goaltender Darcy Kuemper stops the puck during the third period of their 5-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday night in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP) The Kings’ Alex Turcotte (15) scores past Vancouver Canucks goaltender Thatcher Demko, bottom left, as the Canucks’ Filip Hronek (17) and the Kings’ Phillip Danault, top left, watch during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP) The Kings’ Samuel Helenius, left, and the Vancouver Canucks’ Filip Hronek vie for the puck during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP) The Vancouver Canucks’ Vincent Desharnais, left, and the Kings’ Tanner Jeannot square off during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP) The Kings’ Alex Turcotte, right, celebrates with Adrian Kempe, center, and captain Anze Kopitar after scoring a goal during the first period of their game against the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday night in Vancouver, British Columbia. Turcotte had two goals and an assist, all in the first 10 minutes, in a 5-1 win. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP) The Vancouver Canucks’ Vincent Desharnais, right, checks the Kings’ Warren Foegele during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP) The Vancouver Canucks’ J.T. Miller waits for a faceoff during the second period of a game against the Kings in Vancouver, British Columbia, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP) Vancouver Canucks goaltender Thatcher Demko, left, denies the Kings’ Quinton Byfield during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP) The Vancouver Canucks’ Elias Pettersson (40) and the Kings’ Trevor Moore, right, vie for the puck during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP) Vancouver Canucks goaltender Thatcher Demko stops the Kings’ Mikey Anderson during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP) The Kings’ Tanner Jeannot right, hits the Vancouver Canucks’ Quinn Hughes during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP) Vancouver Canucks goaltender Thatcher Demko, left, stops a shot by the Kings’ Warren Foegele (37) during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP) The Kings’ Kevin Fiala (not shown) scores against Vancouver Canucks goaltender Thatcher Demko during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP) The Vancouver Canucks’ Quinn Hughes (43) celebrates after his goal against the Kings with teammates during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP) Kings goaltender Darcy Kuemper waits for a faceoff against the Vancouver Canucks during the third period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP) Kings goaltender Darcy Kuemper stops the puck from the Vancouver Canucks’ Carson Soucy (7) during the third period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP) The Kings’ Warren Foegele, front, celebrates his goal against the Vancouver Canucks with teammates during the third period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP) Vancouver Canucks goaltender Thatcher Demko waits for a faceoff against the Kings during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP) Show Caption1 of 18Kings goaltender Darcy Kuemper stops the puck during the third period of their 5-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday night in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP) Expand VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Alex Turcotte scored twice and added an assist – all in the first 10 minutes – as the Kings thumped the struggling Vancouver Canucks, 5-1, on Thursday night. Adrian Kempe and Kevin Fiala each had a goal and an assist, Warren Foegele also scored and Darcy Kuemper had 20 saves for the Kings (25-12-5), who avoided what would have been their first three-game losing streak since Oct. 12-16. Turcotte’s first goal came 51 seconds into the game. And before the midpoint of the first period, the 23-year-old winger had helped stake his team to a 3-0 lead. The first multi-goal game of his career helped the Kings score five or more goals for the eighth time this season. Turcotte’s first goal came when Kempe poked the puck past Vancouver defenseman Filip Hronek just inside the Canucks’ blue line, setting up a two-on-one rush with Turcotte. Kempe waited until Turcotte neared the crease before centering a pass that was redirected into the net. Turcotte scored again at 9:18 of the first period for a 2-0 lead. Fiala took a shot from just inside the blue line that Canucks goaltender Thatcher Demko saved with his left pad, but the rebound went directly to Turcotte cutting through the right circle. Turcotte lifted the puck into the net for his seventh goal of the season. The play started with Fiala walking around J.T. Miller to create room for himself. “Miller came at me so after the move I made on Miller, I had a lot of time,” Fiala told NHL.com. “I was a little surprised but still I had a lane to shoot, so didn’t overthink it too much, and just shot it. … Sometimes you just have to simplify things and we did and [Turcotte] found the loose end there and it’s a nice goal.” The Kings, who scored just three goals total in their previous three games, scored 24 seconds later to stretch the lead to 3-0. “We talked about this morning we needed to get more goals on the board, and we did that tonight, and we still played great defense,” Turcotte told reporters. Kings center Anze Kopitar made a one-hand centering pass from the right circle to Turcotte cutting to the net. Stationed below the goal line, Turcotte didn’t have an angle to shoot, so he made a beautiful behind-the-back pass back toward the slot, and Kempe pulled the puck across the crease and tucked it in past Demko’s outstretched skate. “[Kopitar] made a great play just to get it to me, and I stick lifted the defenseman that was in my way, and I knew there was support behind me and it was great for him to be there for me and definitely it was a nice play,” Turcotte told reporters. Kings coach Jim Hiller is pleased to see Turcotte producing after a variety of injuries limited him to just 103 games with the Kings and the AHL’s Ontario Reign over his first three pro seasons (55 combined last season). He’s played in 37 of the Kings’ 42 games so far this season. “He’s been really good for us. I guess you’d call it a bit of a surprise, I think even for us,” Hiller told NHL.com. “We didn’t expect to see him playing as much as he is and playing as well as he is. The thing I like about him is he’s very responsible, plays both ways, good through the neutral zone, D-zone blocks shots, so it’s really a credit to him. He’s taken a little bit longer than some of his peers, but he’s got it going now.” It was the second straight poor start for the Canucks (19-15-10), who gave up three goals in the first 13:37 of a 6-1 loss to the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday. Quinn Hughes scored with a wrist shot from the high slot during four-on-four play to cut Vancouver’s deficit to 3-1 at 14:52 of the second period. 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The Canucks have dropped six of their past seven games to fall out of a Western Conference wild-card spot, and the team’s once-potent power play has dried up. Vancouver was 0 for 5 with the man advantage and is 0 for 10 over its last four games. Vancouver has allowed five or more goals in 12 of its 44 games this season. UP NEXT The Kings play at the Seattle Kraken on Saturday at 7 p.m.