Kings edged by Jets as trip ends with 3-game losing streak – Press Enterprise

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, a healthy scratch the past two games, fired a low shot past Kings goalie 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.

“We had a lot of guys that played really hard, I thought,” Kings interim coach Jim Hiller said. “(The Jets are) a good team, they were desperate.

“I thought it was a good hockey game both ways. We go down and make a breakaway, they come back and take one. It’s so close.

Both teams have struggled recently, with Winnipeg going 0-5-1 heading into the game. The Kings limp home after their three-game skid.

The Kings occupy the second wild card spot in the Western Conference with a three-point lead over the St. Louis Blues. Winnipeg is third in the Central Division, six points ahead of the Nashville Predators.

Monday’s game was tied 1-1 after the first period and 3-3 heading into the third.

Perfetti fired a loose puck to 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.

It was the second goal of the campaign for Arvidsson, who played just 10 games in an injury-plagued season punctuated by back surgery in October and a lower-body injury in late February .

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.

Five minutes into the period, the fans cheered.

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.

“This match was a back-and-forth for us,” Gavrikov said. “I didn’t get the result, obviously.

“That’s exactly what we’re looking for in the next few games and we just have to move on.” Every match counts for us, every point must count.