Los Angeles Kings at Montreal Canadiens

· National Hockey League

Los Angeles Kings

2-1-2

Final
4 - 1

Montreal Canadiens

2-3-0

Rittich, Kings rebound to beat Canadiens 4-1, snap three-game losing streak

Adrian Kempe notches short-handed goal for Los Angeles Kings

Los Angeles improved to 2-1-2 on a season-opening, seven-game trip necessitated by arena renovations.

Rittich rebounded after allowing four goals on 14 shots in a 6-2 loss to the Maple Leafs. Alex Laferriere, Mikey Anderson, Andreas Englund and Adrian Kempe scored.

Justin Barron scored for Montreal (2-3-0). Sam Montembeault stopped 28 shots. He made a save on Kevin Fiala on a penalty shot.

Takeaways Kings: Los Angeles bounced back after allowing a combined 14 goals against Ottawa and Toronto in its last two outings.

Canadiens: The Canadiens played with five defensemen for 40 minutes after Mike Matheson exited the game because of an upper-body injury, with Lane Hutson logging 30:05 in ice-time.

Key moment Laferriere deflected a point shot from Jordan Spencer 1:37 into the second period for his third goal of the season. Alex Turcotte assisted on the goal. Turcotte’s father, Alfie, played 85 games with the Canadiens between 1983 and 1986.

Key stat Los Angeles beat the Canadiens for the seventh consecutive time, including four straight in Montreal.

Up next Kings: At Anaheim on Sunday.

Canadiens: At the New York Islanders on Saturday night.

Regular Season Series

LA leads series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 7:02	Justin Barron Goal (1) Wrap-around, assists: Cole Caufield (1), Nick Suzuki (4)
Goal	1st Period 18:20	Mikey Anderson Goal (1) Slap Shot, assists: Vladislav Gavrikov (1), Adrian Kempe (3)
Goal	2nd Period 1:37	Alex Laferriere Goal (3) Tip-In, assists: Jordan Spence (2), Alex Turcotte (2)
Goal	3rd Period 17:02	Andreas Englund Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Quinton Byfield (3)
Goal	3rd Period 19:12	Adrian Kempe Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Vladislav Gavrikov (2), Anze Kopitar (4)

Statistics

LA		MTL
12	Blocked Shots	19
25	Hits	34
6	Takeaways	9
32	Shots	27
0	Power Play Goals	0
2	Power Play Opportunities	5
0.0	Power Play Percentage	0.0
1	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
22	Faceoffs Won	32
40.7	Faceoff Win Percent	59.3
12	Giveaways	13
5	Total Penalties	2
10	Penalty Minutes	4

Montreal Canadiens Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Josh Anderson, RW	Day-To-Day	Nov 8
Ivan Demidov, RW	Injured Reserve	Nov 4
Mike Matheson, D	Out	Oct 31
Sam Montembeault, G	Injured Reserve	Oct 31
Bryce Pickford, D	Injured Reserve	Sep 29