WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Maintaining momentum is difficult, especially on the road.
Cole Perfetti scored twice and Kyle Connor contributed three assists as the Winnipeg Jets ended a six-game losing streak with a 4-3 win over the Kings on Monday, sending the Kings to their third straight loss for capping a four-game road. journey.
The Jets entered the first power play of the game midway through the third period with the score 3-3. Perfetti fired a low shot past Kings goaltender Cam Talbot two seconds after the power play expired.
Josh Morrissey had a goal and an assist and Sean Monahan also scored for the Jets. Perfetti added an assist to Morrissey’s tally in the second period. Laurent Brossoit made 25 saves for Winnipeg.
Viktor Arvidsson, Kevin Fiala and Anze Kopitar scored for the Kings. Defenseman Vladislav Gavrikov had two assists and Talbot stopped 28 shots.
Both teams have struggled recently, with Winnipeg going 0-5-1 heading into the game. The Kings limp home after their three-game skid.
Monday’s game was tied 1-1 after the first period and 3-3 heading into the third.
Perfetti, who had been healthy the past two games, fired a loose puck into the side of the crease to give the Jets a 1-0 lead at 11:14 of the first period.
Arvidsson tied the score at 12:30 with a shot from the top of the circle.
Fiala got the puck going during a four-goal second period when he scored his 25th goal after turning quickly and flicking the puck past a masked Brossoit at 5:48.
Monahan tied the score at 2-2 at 11:49 when a pass from Morrissey went in off his skate.
The Kings broke the tie just over two minutes later on Kopitar’s 26th goal of the season from the slot, but Morrissey made it 3-3 at 16:47.
Arvidsson was called for holding the stick at 11:03 of the third period.
Kings forward Trevor Moore escaped shorthanded, but shot wide of the net.
The Jets then went the other way and Perfetti scored his 17th at 13:05.
FOLLOWING
The Kings host Seattle on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.
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