The Los Angeles Kings defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 5-4 on Sunday night, thanks to two goals from Anze Kopitar and one goal and an assist from Adrian Kempe. It was the Kings’ sixth consecutive home victory.
The Kings, who defeated recent playoff rival Edmonton in overtime on Saturday, trailed 4-2 halfway through the second period before rallying to sweep a back-to-back. Kevin Fiala and Warren Foegele also scored for the Kings. 17 saves were made by David Rittich.
Early in the third, Kopitar was in the ideal spot to turn in Quinton Byfield’s rebound to equalize the score at four. At 8:55, he then chopped in Kempe’s shot during a power play to give the team a five-four lead.
After sitting out the third period of Saturday’s game against Anaheim, Matvei Michkov scored and assisted for the Flyers. Aleksei Kolosov made 15 saves, and Joel Farabee, Scott Laughton, and Tyson Foerster also scored.
Takeaways
Flyers: Michkov ended a seven-game point drought with a strong response following some challenging coaching from John Tortorella.
Kings: Kopitar has played for the Kings for 19 seasons and doesn’t appear to be slowing down. In 36 games, he has up to 12 goals and 27 assists.
Key moment
With 4:56 remaining in the second, Foegele displayed poise by converting his rebound into a breakaway, bringing the Kings within 4-3 and paving the way for Kopitar’s heroics in the final period.
Key stat
Los Angeles is a tough team; after giving up the first goal, they improved to 8-7-1.
Up next
The Kings host New Jersey on Wednesday, while the Flyers go to San Jose on Tuesday.
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