Kempe scores 2 goals, Kings ease past Red Wings
Los Angeles 5-1-1 at home; Talbot makes 37 saves for Detroit
DET@LAK: Kempe finds room and blasts the wrister through the pipes to extend the Kings lead in the 3rd
LOS ANGELES — Adrian Kempe scored two goals for the second straight game in the Los Angeles Kings’ 4-1 win against the Detroit Red Wings at Crypto.com Arena on Saturday.
David Rittich made 17 saves, and the Kings (10-6-3) took their record on home ice to 5-1-1.
Cam Talbot made 37 saves for the Red Wings (7-9-1), who were playing the second game of a back-to-back after losing 6-4 at the Anaheim Ducks on Friday.
Mikey Anderson jumped into the play at the offensive blue line before scoring on a sharp-angle shot at 18:05 of the first to put Los Angeles up 1-0.
Tanner Jeannot made it 2-0 at 18:27, finishing off a 3-on-1 from Trevor Lewis at the left post. Jeannot had been suspended the previous three games for an illegal check to the head of Vancouver Canucks forward Brock Boeser in a 4-2 loss on Nov. 7.
Kempe scored on a breakaway with a wrist shot from the slot 15 seconds into the third period for a 3-0 lead.
Dylan Larkin broke up Rittich’s push for his eighth NHL shutout at 18:33 to pull within 3-1, but Kempe scored an empty-netter at 19:11 for the 4-1 final.