Kevin Fiala, Anze Kopitar, and Trevor Moore each contributed a goal and an assist to lead the Los Angeles Kings to a 5-2 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday afternoon.
Alex Laferriere and Adrian Kempe also scored, and David Rittich made 20 saves for the Kings, who have won three consecutive games after a 7-2 loss to the San Jose Sharks last Monday.
For the Senators, Tim Stutzle and Adam Gaudette scored, and Anton Forsberg made 22 saves. The Senators were hoping to win three straight games for the first time this season.
Laferriere, who had a goal and an assist in the Kings’ 2-1 win at Anaheim on Friday and two assists in a 4-1 win over Winnipeg on Wednesday, put the Kings up 1-0 at 1:57 of the first period. Kings defenseman Jordan Spence kept the puck in the Ottawa zone, passing it to Phillip Danault, who then fed Laferriere cutting through the right circle. His shot grazed the skate of Ottawa defenseman Jacob Bernard-Docker before going into the net.
The Senators tied the game 1-1 with 46 seconds left in the first period. Brady Tkachuk carried the puck into the Los Angeles zone and passed it to Drake Batherson, who found Stutzle racing into the zone. Stutzle scored his 10th goal of the season from the bottom of the left circle.
Gaudette won a faceoff in the Los Angeles zone and tipped a slap shot from Thomas Chabot into the net to give the Senators a 2-1 lead at 6:11 of the second period. It was Gaudette’s 12th goal of the season, tying his career high.
The Kings tied it 2-2 at 7:26 of the second when Fiala stole the puck from Tyler Kleven behind the net and fired it past Forsberg.
Kopitar gave the Kings a 3-2 lead at 1:37 of the third period when he batted his own rebound into the net.
Kempe extended the lead to 4-2 at 16:14 with a one-timer from Fiala on the power play.
Moore sealed the win with an empty-net goal with 1:34 remaining, making it 5-2.
