LOS ANGELES (AP) ― The Los Angeles Kings know all about the creeping inevitability that sets in when a team gets behind 0-3 in a playoff series. After all, that’s where they put every opponent they faced on the way to the Stanley Cup title last year.

With more big points from their Siberian defenseman and even more big saves from their champion goalie, Los Angeles stayed safely out of that hole in the Western Conference finals.

Slava Voynov had a goal and an assist, Jonathan Quick made 19 saves, and Los Angeles beat Chicago 3-1 in Game 3 Tuesday night, trimming the Blackhawks’ series lead to 2-1.

“This is kind of what I expected this to be when we did it last year,” captain Dustin Brown said. “Last year, we were playing at a level few teams ever play at. This year, it’s taking that extra effort out of us, and we’re coming up with it.”

Game 4 is Thursday night in Los Angeles.