Brock Boeser left the game after taking an illegal check on the head of 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 game in a row.

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

Byfield put the Kings up 1-0 at 1:43 of the first period, passing to Kiefer Sherwood before stepping in to beat Lankinen with a backhand.

Boeser left the game after a shoulder-to-head hit from Jeannot at 10:44 of the first. 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 heading straight back to the locker room.

Jeannot took a match penalty and Garland scored during a five-minute power play to tie the score 1-1 at 14:20 when Kuemper put the puck in his own goal.

DeBrusk put Vancouver ahead 2-1 at 5:51 of the second period, knocking Kuemper out of his net before scoring off the right post. Hughes had 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 defenseman has six points (one goal, five assists) in his last three games.

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

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

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.