Adrian Kempe, Kevin Fiala, and Mikey Anderson each scored on Tuesday night, leading the Los Angeles Kings to a 3-1 victory over the New York Islanders in Elmont, N.Y.
Kempe also earned an assist, and Darcy Kuemper made 19 saves for the Kings, who extended the longest active winning streak in the NHL to six games. Anders Lee scored for the Islanders in the second period, but their two-game winning streak came to an end. Goalie Ilya Sorokin made 27 saves for New York.
Kempe and Fiala’s goals were the result of persistence. Kempe opened the scoring with 6:09 left in the first period, capping a long sequence. Kings defenseman Vladislav Gavrikov’s shot went wide, but the puck ended up with Trevor Moore and Maxim Tsyplakov, who fought for it until Moore took control.
Moore passed it to Anze Kopitar, who worked behind the net before sending it to an open Kempe, who scored from close range.
The Kings doubled their lead 3:09 into the second period. Joel Edmundson tried to get a shot off in front of the Islanders’ crease but couldn’t. He picked up the loose puck and passed it to Fiala, who fired a shot from the left faceoff circle that went past Sorokin’s glove as he was screened by Hutton and Samuel Helenius.
The Islanders responded with a goal with 10:13 remaining in the second period. Kyle Palmieri’s shot into the crease deflected off Lee’s stick, and he quickly spun around Gavrikov to send the puck under Kuemper’s stick.
New York outshot Los Angeles 7-5 in the third period and nearly tied the game twice in the final seven minutes, with shots from Noah Dobson and Bo Horvat hitting the post. Sorokin was pulled with about 90 seconds left, but New York couldn’t get a shot before Anderson sealed the victory with an empty-net goal with 14 seconds remaining.
