Anze Kopitar had a aim and two assists to assist the Los Angeles Kings finish the visiting Vegas Golden Knights’ four-game successful streak with a 6-3 victory on Wednesday night time.
Adrian Kempe and Kevin Fiala every contributed a aim and an help, Brandt Clarke had three assists and Mikey Anderson added two assists for the Kings, who’ve gained three of 4 regardless of a 4-2 highway loss to the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday. Darcy Kuemper made 23 saves.
Pavel Dorofeyev scored twice, Tanner Pearson additionally scored and Ilya Samsonov made 21 saves for the Golden Knights, who gave up the sport’s first 4 targets.
Warren Foegele scored a highlight-reel aim to offer Los Angeles a 1-0 lead at 13:58 of the primary interval.
Samsonov got here out of his crease to cease a length-of-the-ice move, however the puck went to Foegele, who scored with a no-look backhand that slid between the pads of Samsonov as he slid again into place.
Kempe stretched the result in 2-0 at 14:40 of the primary interval. He retrieved a unfastened puck within the impartial zone and drove into the Vegas zone earlier than scoring with a wrist shot from above the appropriate circle.
Alex Laferriere collected a move from Anderson whereas chopping into the slot and turned and scored with a wrist shot for a 3-0 lead at 10:11 of the second interval.
Kopitar scored 44 seconds later to stretch the result in 4-0.
Clarke collected a move off the wall from Kempe, spun away from a defender on the prime of the appropriate circle and made a backdoor feed to Kopitar for the tap-in aim.
The Kings turned the puck over behind their web and Alexander Holtz made a backhand move out entrance to Pearson, who scored with a one-timer to chop the result in 4-1 at 14:58 of the second.
Fiala scored with a wrist shot from the appropriate circle off a drop move from Kopitar to make it 5-1 at 6:23 of the third interval. It was the 800th help of Kopitar’s NHL profession.
Joel Edmundson adopted with a aim from the left level to extend the result in 6-1 at 8:03.
Dorofeyev scored from in shut throughout a five-on-three energy play to chop it to 6-2 at 11:04, and once more from a backhand to make it 6-3 at 17:03.
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