Kevin Fiala had two targets, Warren Foegele scored on a penalty shot, and beat the Montreal Canadiens on Wednesday evening.
Vladislav Gavrikov, Brandt Clarke and Trevor Moore additionally scored for the Kings, who’ve received 11 of their final 12 residence video games. Darcy Kuemper made 18 saves.
Constructing on a 4-2 win at Carolina on Saturday, the Kings received the opener of a six-game homestand.
Mike Matheson and Alexandre Provider additionally scored for the Canadiens, who’ve misplaced six of seven. Jakub Dobes made 32 saves.
Each of Fiala’s targets got here on one-timers from the fitting circle within the third interval, with the second restoring a two-goal lead 35 seconds after Logan Mailloux lower it to 4-3 with lower than 7 minutes remaining.
Takeaways
Canadiens: Patrik Laine has totaled 12 targets and 6 assists in his first 20 video games after a preseason knee damage, however he doesn’t have some extent within the final six video games.
Kings: After scoring two targets or fewer in seven straight video games, together with consecutive shutout losses to Florida and Tampa Bay, the Kings have seemingly regained their scoring contact.
Key second
Clarke picked up his first objective and level in two video games since being a wholesome scratch for 2 contests when he buried a slap shot 15 seconds into the third interval to offer Los Angeles a 3-1 lead.
Key stat
Fiala has 4 targets in his final two video games, reaching the 20-goal mark for the sixth straight season.
Up Subsequent
Canadiens host New Jersey on Saturday, and Kings host Dallas on Friday.
