No matter what you expected from Darcy Kuemper coming into this season, even the most optimistic outlook might not have even predicted this. Ask Jim Hiller, even. Hiller was a Kuemper fan coming in, as I think many were here in Los Angeles.

Darcy Kuemper made 21 saves for the Los Angeles Kings in a 3-0 win against the visiting Washington Capitals on Thursday night.

Kevin Fiala and Quinton Byfield score 47 seconds apart early in the third period and Kuemper makes 21 saves as the Kings hold Ovechkin to no shots on goal in a 3-0 win, their fourth straight.