Kings edged by Jets as trip ends with 3-game losing streak
Viktor Arvidsson, Kevin Fiala and Anze Kopitar score for the Kings, but Winnipeg scores a tiebreaking power-play goal midway through the third period and holds on for a 4-3 win
Winnipeg Jets center Sean Monahan celebrates his goal against Kings goaltender Cam Talbot, top left, with Neal Poink (4) and Josh Morrissey (44) during the second period on Monday night in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Jets won, 4-3. (Fred Greenslade/The Canadian Press via AP)
The Kings’ Anze Kopitar, center, and Winnipeg Jets players Adam Lowry (17) and Gabe Vilardi (13) skate after a loose puck during the first period on Monday night in Winnipeg, Manitoba. (Fred Greenslade/The Canadian Press via AP)
The Kings’ Matt Roy (3) gets tangled up with the Winnipeg Jets’ Nino Niederreiter (62) in front of Kings goaltender Cam Talbot (39) during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on Monday April 1, 2024. (Fred Greenslade/The Canadian Press via AP)
The Winnipeg Jets’ Cole Perfetti (91) scores on Kings goaltender Cam Talbot, back left, during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on Monday, April 1, 2024. (Fred Greenslade/The Canadian Press via AP)
Kings goaltender Cam Talbot (39) makes a save on the Winnipeg Jets’ Cole Perfetti, back right, as Jordan Spence (21) and Andreas Englund (5) defend during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on Monday, April 1, 2024. (Fred Greenslade/The Canadian Press via AP)
The Kings’ Viktor Arvidsson (33) celebrates his goal against the Winnipeg Jets with teammate Trevor Moore (12) during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on Monday, April 1, 2024. (Fred Greenslade/The Canadian Press via AP)
The Kings’ Quinton Byfield, right, the Winnipeg Jets’ Dylan Samberg (54) and Dylan Demelo (2) fight for the puck during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on Monday, April 1, 2024. (Fred Greenslade/The Canadian Press via AP)
A shot by the Kings’ Anze Kopitar gets by Winnipeg Jets goaltender Laurent Brossoit (39) for a goal during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on Monday, April 1, 2024. (Fred Greenslade/The Canadian Press via AP)
The Kings’ Kevin Fiala (22) celebrates his goal against the Winnipeg Jets with teammate Matt Roy (3) during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on Monday, April 1, 2024. (Fred Greenslade/The Canadian Press via AP)
The Winnipeg Jets’ Josh Morrissey (44) celebrates his goal against the Kings with Nate Schmidt (88) and teammates during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on Monday, April 1, 2024. (Fred Greenslade/The Canadian Press via AP)
The Winnipeg Jets’ Josh Morrissey (44) celebrates his goal against the Kings with Jets’ Cole Perfetti (91) during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on Monday, April 1, 2024. (Fred Greenslade/The Canadian Press via AP)
Winnipeg Jets center Sean Monahan celebrates his goal against Kings goaltender Cam Talbot, top left, with Neal Poink (4) and Josh Morrissey (44) during the second period on Monday night in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Jets won, 4-3. (Fred Greenslade/The Canadian Press via AP)
Winnipeg Jets goaltender Laurent Brossoit (39) celebrates with teammates after their 4-3 victory over the Kings on Monday night in Winnipeg, Manitoba. (Fred Greenslade/The Canadian Press via AP)
The Winnipeg Jets’ Cole Perfetti (91) celebrates his goal against the Kings with Nate Schmidt (88) during the third period of an NHL hockey game in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on Monday, April 1, 2024. (Fred Greenslade/The Canadian Press via AP)
The Winnipeg Jets’ Cole Perfetti (91) celebrates his goal against the Kings with Nate Schmidt (88) and teammates during the third period of an NHL hockey game in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on Monday, April 1, 2024. (Fred Greenslade/The Canadian Press via AP)
Winnipeg-born linesman Ryan Galloway (82) acknowledges the crowd during his last game officiating during the third period of an NHL hockey game between the Kings and Winnipeg Jets in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on Monday, April 1, 2024. (Fred Greenslade/The Canadian Press via AP)
Kings goaltender Cam Talbot, bottom left, makes a save on the Winnipeg Jets’ Adam Lowry (17) as Matt Roy (3) and Drew Doughty (8) defend during the third period of an NHL hockey game in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on Monday, April 1, 2024. (Fred Greenslade/The Canadian Press via AP)
The Kings’ Viktor Arvidsson (33) holds the stick of the Winnipeg Jets’ Morgan Barron (36) as Pierre-Luc Dubois (80) clears the puck during the third period of an NHL hockey game in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on Monday, April 1, 2024. (Fred Greenslade/The Canadian Press via AP)
Kings goaltender Cam Talbot (39) directs the puck behind the net as the Winnipeg Jets’ Cole Perfetti (91) slides past him during the third period of an NHL hockey game in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on Monday, April 1, 2024. (Fred Greenslade/The Canadian Press via AP)
The Kings’ Pierre-Luc Dubois (80) is checked by the Winnipeg Jets’ Brenden Dillon (5) in front of goaltender Laurent Brossoit (39) during the third period of an NHL hockey game in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on Monday, April 1, 2024. (Fred Greenslade/The Canadian Press via AP)
Winnipeg-born linesman Ryan Galloway (82) shakes hands with Winnipeg Jets’ Dylan Demelo (2) after officiating his last NHL hockey game as the Jets played the Kings in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on Monday April 1, 2024. (Fred Greenslade/The Canadian Press via AP)
WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Maintaining momentum is challenging, especially on the road.
Cole Perfetti scored twice and Kyle Connor contributed a trio of assists as the Winnipeg Jets snapped a six-game losing skid with a 4-3 victory over the Kings on Monday, sending the Kings to their third straight loss to cap a four-game road trip.
The Jets went on the game’s first power play midway through the third period with the score tied at 3-3. Perfetti, a healthy scratch for the past two games, fired a low shot past Kings goalie Cam Talbot two seconds after the man advantage expired.
Josh Morrissey had a goal and an assist and Sean Monahan also scored for the Jets. Perfetti registered a helper on Morrissey’s second-period tally. Laurent Brossoit made 25 saves for Winnipeg.
Viktor Arvidsson, Kevin Fiala and Anze Kopitar scored for the Kings. Defenseman Vladislav Gavrikov had two assists and Talbot stopped 28 shots.
“We had a lot of guys who played really hard, I thought,” Kings interim coach Jim Hiller said. “(The Jets are) a good team, they were desperate.
“I thought it was a good hockey game both ways. We go down and have a breakaway, they come back and get one. It’s that close.”
Both sides have struggled recently, with Winnipeg going 0-5-1 heading into the match. The Kings limp home with their three-game skid.
The Kings hold the second wild-card spot in the Western Conference with a three-point cushion on the St. Louis Blues. Winnipeg is third in the Central Division, six points up on the Nashville Predators.
Monday’s game was tied 1-1 after the first period and 3-3 heading into the third.
Perfetti flipped in a loose puck at the side of the crease to give the Jets a 1-0 lead 11:14 into the opening frame.
Arvidsson tied the score at 12:30 with a blast from high in the circle.
It was the second goal of the campaign for Arvidsson, who has played just 10 games in an injury-marred season punctuated by back surgery in October and a lower-body injury in late February.
Fiala got the puck rolling in a four-goal second period when he recorded his 25th goal after spinning quickly and firing the puck past a screened Brossoit at 5:48.
A five-minute span later in the period had fans cheering.
Monahan evened the score at 2-2 at the 11:49 mark when a pass from Morrissey went in off his skate.
The Kings broke the tie just over two minutes later with Kopitar’s 26th goal of the season from the slot, but Morrissey made it 3-3 at 16:47.
“That game was back and forth for us,” Gavrikov said. “Didn’t get the result, obviously.
“That’s exactly what we’re looking for in the next games and just got to move on. Every single game matters for us, every single point has got to matter.”
Arvidsson was called for holding the stick at 11:03 of the third.
Kings forward Trevor Moore went on a short-handed breakaway, but fired wide of the net.
The Jets then went the other way and Perfetti scored his 17th at 13:05.
OFFICIAL CHEERS
Ryan Galloway was recognized for officiating in his final NHL game during a third-period stoppage in play.
Players from both teams tapped their sticks on the ice and fans gave the Winnipeg product a standing ovation as he patted his striped shirt above his heart.
Galloway, who had family and friends in the stands wearing striped shirts, has worked more than 1,400 games since entering the league in 2002.
