Kings go up early, hold off Golden Knights

Anze Kopitar, Adrian Kempe, Warren Foegele and Brandt Clarke each had a goal and an assist for the visiting Los Angeles Kings, who hung on for a 6-5 win against the Vegas Golden Knights on Sunday.Kevin Fiala, Phillip Danault and Joel Edmundson each had two assists for the Kings, who have won two straight after a five-game skid. David Rittich made 27 saves.Tomas Hertl scored a hat trick, and Adin Hill made 29 saves for the Golden Knights, whose four-game winning streak ended.Kopitar gave Los Angeles a 1-0 lead at 11:22. Edmundson fired a shot from the middle of the blue line that Kopitar, stationed in front, tipped past Hill.Clarke made it 2-0 at 18:29. He collected a rebound and took it to the net before slipping a backhand past Hill’s right skate.Quinton Byfield pushed it to 3-0 at 1:56 of the second period when Fiala’s shot deflected off his skate and beat Hill blocker side.Nicolas Roy cut the deficit to 3-1 when his backhand from the right hashmarks trickled through Rittich at 5:00.Hertl narrowed it to 3-2 at 9:47, spinning out from behind the net to the right circle and firing a wrist shot blocker side.Foegele took the puck up the right side before cutting to the net and putting it into the top corner to make it 4-2 Kings at 18:51 of the second period.