Tomas Hertl scored a hat trick, and Adin Hill made 29 saves for the Golden Knights (38-19-6), who had won four in a row. Kopitar gave the Kings a 1-0 lead at 11:22 of the first period when he tipped in a Joel Edmunson point shot past Hill. Clarke made it 2-0 at 18:29, scoring with a backhand around Hill’s right leg.

Adrian Kempe scored the winner in the Los Angeles Kings’ 6-5 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Sunday night.

The Golden Knights came back to make it a one-goal game in the third period, powered by a hat trick by Tomas Hertl, but it was too little too late in a 6-5

Anze Kopitar, Adrian Kempe, Warren Foegele and Brandt Clarke each had a goal and an assist for the visiting Los Angeles Kings, who hung on for a 6-5 win against the Vegas Golden Knights on Sunday.

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The Vegas Golden Knights sufficed four straight goals in the third period after entering the frame with a one-goal lead, falling to the Los Angeles Kings, 5-2, on

The Vegas Golden Knights have turned things around after a rough stretch and will look to keep rolling when they host the Los Angeles Kings on Sunday. Vegas was in a rut from Jan.

LOS ANGELES -- Quinton Byfield had an NHL career-high four assists, and the Los Angeles Kings scored four goals in the third period of a 5-2 win against the Vegas Golden Knights at Crypto.com Arena on Monday.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Golden Knights spent the first part of the season taking control of the Pacific Division, only to play so-so hockey in January and let the Oilers to catch them. Now neither team seems to want to win the division, allowing the Los Angeles Kings to creep close enough to make it more of a three-team race.