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Los Angeles Kings at Minnesota Wild

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Final
5 - 1

Lewis scores twice, Kings roll to 5-1 win over Wild

Los Angeles Kings vs. Minnesota Wild: Game Highlights

Warren Foegele and Quinton Byfield also scored for Los Angeles, which was playing the second night of a back-to-back after a 3-0 win in Nashville a night earlier. David Rittich made 23 saves for the Kings.

Fiala, who was traded to Los Angeles in 2022 by Minnesota for a first-round pick draft pick and defenseman Brock Faber, scored his seventh goal of the season. He now has three goals and six assists in his last seven games against the Wild.

Minnesota, which had won three in a row, opened the scoring in the second period on Zach Bogosian’s first goal of the season. Goaltender Filip Gustavsson stopped 23 shots for the Wild.

Takeaways Kings: A back-to-back ending in four points has Los Angeles returning home with wins in five of seven. The Kings' 19 points put them in solo first in the Pacific Division and they are 7-2-1 since opening the season 1-1-2.

Wild: For the first time this season, a game got away from Minnesota. The Wild scored first for the ninth time in 12 games, but they fell to 6-1-2 in such contests.

Key moment Fiala’s go-ahead goal was the second goal in a span of 4:25 in the second. Alex Laferriere centered to a wide-open Fiala in the slot, where the veteran winger one-timed a shot past Gustavsson.

Key stat Minnesota’s power play, which entered the game with the 11th-best conversation rate at 22.2%, has started to short-circuit. The Wild were scoreless on four attempts with the man advantage on Tuesday and are now 0 for 14 on the power play their past four games.

Up next The Kings host Vancouver on Thursday, while the Wild visit San Jose on Thursday.

Regular Season Series

LA leads series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal 2nd Period 7:31 Zach Bogosian Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Frederick Gaudreau (4), Ryan Hartman (1)
Goal 2nd Period 14:30 Warren Foegele Goal (5) Backhand, assists: Alex Laferriere (4), Quinton Byfield (6)
Goal 2nd Period 18:55 Kevin Fiala Goal (7) Snap Shot, assists: Alex Laferriere (5), Anze Kopitar (10)
Goal 3rd Period 7:39 Trevor Lewis Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Andre Lee (2), Tanner Jeannot (1)
Goal 3rd Period 14:12 Quinton Byfield Goal (1) Tip-In, assists: Vladislav Gavrikov (5), Trevor Moore (5)
Goal 3rd Period 16:14 Trevor Lewis Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Phillip Danault (6), Trevor Moore (6)

Statistics

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13 Blocked Shots 9
25 Hits 11
4 Takeaways 7
28 Shots 24
1 Power Play Goals 0
1 Power Play Opportunities 4
100.0 Power Play Percentage 0.0
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
33 Faceoffs Won 30
52.4 Faceoff Win Percent 47.6
9 Giveaways 13
5 Total Penalties 2
10 Penalty Minutes 4

Game Information

Xcel Energy Center

Location: Saint Paul, MN
Attendance: 17,617 | Capacity:

2024-25 Pacific Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Vegas 10 4 22 2
Los Angeles 9 6 21 3
Vancouver 8 3 19 3
Calgary 8 6 19 3
Edmonton 8 7 17 1
Seattle 7 8 15 1
San Jose 5 9 13 3
Anaheim 5 8 12 2

2024-25 Central Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Winnipeg 15 1 30 0
Minnesota 10 2 23 3
Dallas 9 5 18 0
Colorado 9 8 18 0
Utah 7 6 17 3
St. Louis 7 9 14 0
Chicago 6 9 13 1
Nashville 5 9 12 2
Full Standings