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Kings snare 2-0 lead

Los Angeles Kings goalie Jonathan Quick (32) is congratulated by Trevor Lewis (22), Alec Martinez (27), Drew Doughty (8) and Dustin Brown after the third period of Game 2 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Western Conference finals against the Phoenix Coyotes, Tuesday, May 15, 2012, in Glendale, Ariz. The Kings won 4-0.

GLENDALE, Ariz. — The Los Angeles Kings took the hard hits, some of them questionable, and kept rolling.

The way they’ve played so far in the playoffs, they saw no reason to get caught up in another team’s frustrations.

Discouraging Phoenix with their combination of skill and grit, the Kings took control of the Western Conference finals with another dominating performance, beating the Coyotes 4-0 Tuesday night to match an NHL record with their seventh straight road playoff victory.

Jeff Carter scored three goals, Jonathan Quick stopped 24 shots and Los Angeles will head back home with a commanding series lead after flummoxing the Coyotes in two games in the desert.

“We’re not here to worry about it (dirty play),” Kings defenseman Rob Scuderi said. “We came to get the game and we got it.”

Los Angeles got it by overwhelming the Coyotes just as it did in Game 1.

The Kings shook off the big hits a couple that led to game misconducts and continued a can’t-stop-us roll that started with a playoff push the last month of the regular season.

Dwight King scored his third goal in two games, Quick tied Felix Potvin’s team record with his third career playoff shutout, and Carter finished off the Kings’ first playoff hat trick since Wayne Gretzky in 1993 in the third period.

Los Angeles has won seven straight overall.

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