Los Angeles blew a two-goal, third-period lead, but Adrian Kempe's second goal of the night with 11:57 left in regulation broke a tie, and the visiting Kings held on for a 7-6 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Saturday night in Saint Paul, Minn.
After trailing 3-0 in the first and 6-4 after two, Minnesota got a third power-play goal courtesy of Mats Zuccarello just 5:56 into the third and a goal from Sam Steel less than two minutes later. However, Kempe's third goal in three games came 31 seconds later to put the Kings back on top.
Anthony Beauvillier and Oliver Wahlstrom each had a goal and an assist, Anders Lee contributed three assists, and Ilya Sorokin made 22 saves for New York, which was coming off a 3-1 loss to the visiting Florida Panthers in its season opener on Thursday. Konecny picked up a tight rebound and made no mistake with just over six minutes to go in the final frame, completing a Flyers comeback after they entered the second period in a 2-0 hole. Tony DeAngelo and Scott Laughton also scored for Philadelphia. The win gives the Flyers a 2-0 start under new head coach John Tortorella
Florida also got goals from Colin White, Matthew Tkachuk and Brandon Montour as the game ended with a skirmish as several Sabres went after Tkachuk. In a battle of backup goalies making their first starts of the season, Spencer Knight made 24 saves to earn the win. Miro Heiskanen added a goal and an assist, and Mason Marchment also scored for Dallas, which improved to 25-4 in its last 29 home openers. Joe Pavelski added two assists. Jake Oettinger, who made 32 saves in a season-opening 4-1 win at Nashville on Thursday, stopped 29 of 30 shots for the Stars.