MONTREAL — David Rittich bounced back with 25 saves in a 4-1 Los Angeles Kings victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night.
Alex Laferriere scored the go-ahead goal early in the second period and Mikey Anderson produced the equalizer for Los Angeles after Montreal took a 1-0 lead in the first. Andreas Englund doubled the lead with just under three minutes remaining before Adrian Kempe added an empty-netter.
Rittich stood tall one night after allowing four goals on 14 shots in a 6-2 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs as the Kings snapped a three-game skid. Justin Barron replied with the lone goal for Montreal , which lost its second game in a row at the Bell Centre. Sam Montembeault stopped 28 shots in his third straight start. Montembeault also denied Kings forward Kevin Fiala on a penalty shot.Kings: Despite playing the second night of a back-to-back, Los Angeles bounced back after allowing a combined 14 goals against the Ottawa Senators and Maple Leafs in their last two outings.
Canadiens: The Canadiens played with five defencemen for 40 minutes after Mike Matheson exited the game, with Lane Hutson logging 30:05 in ice-time. The 30-year-old Matheson led Canadiens blueliners with 62 points last season. When or how he sustained the injury was not immediately clear.Laferriere deflected a point shot from Jordan Spencer 1:37 into the second period for his third of the season. Kings forward Alex Turcotte assisted on the goal.
Kings: Visit the Anaheim Ducks in the sixth stop of a season-opening seven-game road trip because of renovations at Crypto.com Arena.Daniel Rainbird, The Canadian Press
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