Kopitar, Rittich lead the Kings' rebound for a 4-1 win over NHL-leading Jets
LOS ANGELES (AP) — David Rittich made 13 saves in his 100th career victory, and captain Anze Kopitar had a goal and an assist in the Los Angeles Kings' 4-1 victory over the NHL-leading Winnipeg Jets on Wednesday night.Phillip Danault and Kevin Fiala also scored, and Adrian Kempe added an empty-net goal for the Kings.Gabriel Vilardi scored against his former team for the Jets, who have lost four of seven since their 15-1-0 start to the season. Connor Hellebuyck stopped 30 shots in the fourth game on Winnipeg's six-game trip.Rittich was Hellebuyck’s backup for the 2022-23 Jets.Kopitar redirected Kempe's shot from the point on the power play just 1:52 in. Danault then skated unimpeded across Winnipeg's goal mouth in the second for his second goal of the season, ending a 10-game drought.Two minutes later, Vilardi lifted a rebound nine seconds into a power play for Winnipeg's first goal.But early in the third, Fiala flung a puck toward the net and got credit for his eighth goal when it banked in off Haydn Fleury's…
28 Nov 06:08 · iNFOnews.ca