David Rittich bounced back with 25 saves in a 4-1 Los Angeles Kings victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night.
Alex Laferriere scored the go-ahead goal early in the second period and Mikey Anderson produced the equalizer for Los Angeles (2-1-2) after Montreal took a 1-0 lead in the first. Andreas Englund doubled the lead with just under three minutes remaining before Adrian Kempe added an empty-netter.
Rittich stood tall one night after allowing four goals on 14 shots in a 6-2 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs as the Kings snapped a three-game skid.
Justin Barron replied with the lone goal for Montreal (2-3-0), which lost its second game in a row at the Bell Centre. Sam Montembeault stopped 28 shots in his third straight start. Montembeault also denied Kings forward Kevin Fiala on a penalty shot.
Defenceman David Savard skated in his 800th game.
Takeaways
Kings: Despite playing the second night of a back-to-back, Los Angeles …