Kopitar’s third-period goal puts them ahead to stay in a 5-3 win. Trevor Moore, Carl Grundstrom and Kevin Fiala also score for L.A., which had lost five of its previous six games.
LOS ANGELES — After a day of reckoning on Wednesday, it was a night of resilience on Thursday, when the Kings surmounted a two-goal deficit and some poor puck luck to upend the Arizona Coyotes, 5-3, at Crypto.com Arena.
Late in the game, the Kings withstood a push from Arizona, including their lone shot on goal in the third period, before they saw Fiala ring the post with a shot and then seal the deal with an empty-net goal with 1:58 left. The fourth line generated a two-on-one rush on which Grundstrom elected to keep the puck and fire high to the short side, knotting the score at three with 1:32 to play. Fagemo’s assist on the play was his first NHL point.
The Kings already faced their second deficit of the night just 4:28 into the second period. Guenther won an offensive-zone draw cleanly back to defenseman Troy Stecher. Stecher, who spent part of last season with the Kings, let fly with a shot that glanced off Maccelli on its way past a screened Quick.
Kopitar’s goal erased the edge Arizona gained during that same power play when Durzi fell down near the blue line, leaving Fischer an unmolested breakaway that he finished with a simple shot along the ice to Quick’s glove side.
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