LOS ANGELES –
David Rittich made 13 saves in his 100th career victory, and captain Anze Kopitar had a goal and an assist in the Los Angeles Kings’ 4-1 victory over the NHL-leading Winnipeg Jets on Wednesday night.
Phillip Danault and Kevin Fiala also scored, and Adrian Kempe added an empty-net goal for the Kings.
Gabriel Vilardi scored against his former team for the Jets, who have lost four of seven since their 15-1-0 start to the season. Connor Hellebuyck stopped 30 shots in the fourth game on Winnipeg’s six-game trip.
Rittich was Hellebuyck’s backup for the 2022-23 Jets.
Kopitar redirected Kempe’s shot from the point on the power play just 1:52 in. Danault then skated unimpeded across Winnipeg’s goal mouth in the second for his second goal of the season, ending a 10-game drought.
Two minutes later, Vilardi lifted a rebound nine seconds into a power play for Winnipeg’s first goal.
But early in the third, Fiala flung a puck …