LOS ANGELES -- Jonathan Quick got his 302nd career win and moved into fourth place on the NHL's all-time list among U.S.-born goalies in the Los Angeles Kings' 4-3 victory against the St. Louis Blues at Staples Center on Monday.

Quick, who made 33 saves, passed Mike Richter in his 580th NHL game. Richter played 666 games.

Los Angeles (20-26-4) trails the Vancouver Canucks by eight points for the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Western Conference.

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"I just enjoy playing the game and competing, trying to win games," said Quick, who grew up in Milford, Connecticut and watched Richter on television when he played for the New York Rangers (1989-2003). "I wasn't aware of that until you guys asked me about it. It's cool, but just trying to play hockey and win games and get back in the playoff race."

Paul LaDue broke a tie at 9:53 of the third period for the Kings, who have won three of their past four home games. Anze Kopitar and Tyler Toffoli each had a goal and an assist, and Drew Doughty also scored.

Video: STL@LAK: Kopitar pots goal on the rush

Mackenzie MacEachern scored his first NHL goal for St. Louis (21-22-5), which is 0-2-1 in its past three road games. Ryan O'Reilly scored to extend his point streak to five games.

Jordan Binnington made 25 saves but lost in regulation for the first time in his NHL career (4-1-1).

"I thought we played a hard game, competed," Blues coach Craig Berube said. "But we just made too many mistakes that cost us."

LaDue scored his second goal of the season on a wrist shot from the right circle after O'Reilly tied it with a power-play goal at 6:00 of the third period.

"We made it a bit of a common theme to sit back once we got the lead going into the third, so I thought we played well early," said forward Brendan Leipsic, who had two assists for his first multipoint game with the Kings. "They got a power-play goal, but we kept pushing and Paulie made a great shot there and it was enough to hold up."

O'Reilly felt the Blues did not build on the momentum after he scored his 18th goal, which broke a tie with forward David Perron for the team lead.

"I think it gave us a spark, but they responded well too," O'Reilly said. "And they came out and took it to us and got us back on our heels again. We needed a better response after that. After tying it up, we needed some more jump to get going and really take control of the game."

Kopitar gave the Kings a 3-2 lead at 18:16 of the second period.

Doughty tied it 2-2 at 7:15 of the second period during a 5-on-3 power play.

The Blues took a 1-0 lead at 10:31 of the first period when MacEachern scored on a rebound of Vince Dunn's shot. It was MacEachern's first NHL point.

Sundqvist made it 2-0 at 18:49, but Tyler Toffoli responded for the Kings at 19:04 to make it 2-1.

"Maybe not the start we wanted, but we battled back," Kopitar said. "Even that first period, we were down but we generated quite a few chances, just couldn't connect on them. But we stuck with it and at the end of the day, [we] got the job done."

Video: STL@LAK: LaDue rips shot past Binnington for lead

They said it

"We're starting to get back up close to where we want to be, but we can't be affected by that. Every game is different and we've got to reinvent ourselves every game, and tonight we maybe got away from things that we've been doing to have success. It's tough to do every night, but it's what the best teams do. We can be one of those teams and we need a response in Anaheim." -- Blues center Ryan O'Reilly

"It's 11 days. We could have lost 10 in a row, won 10 in a row. It's a fresh start when we get back from it." -- Kings goalie Jonathan Quick on the upcoming break

Need to know

The Kings do not play another home game until Feb. 14. They begin their mandatory five-day break before 2019 Honda NHL All-Star Weekend, which is followed by a six-game road trip. … O'Reilly has two goals and five assists during his point streak. … Doughty has a three-game point streak (one goal, two assists). … Perron (upper body) missed his second straight game. … LaDue was scratched for the previous 10 games.

What's next

Blues: At the Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday (10 p.m. ET; FS-W, FS-MW, NHL.TV)

Kings: At the New York Islanders on Feb. 2 (Nassau Coliseum; 7 p.m. ET; MSG+, KCOP-13, NHL.TV)

Video: Kings edge Blues on LaDue's goal