Trevor Lewis Breaks Tie As Kings Beat Coyotes, 4-3

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Trevor Lewis scored off a turnover with 4:05 left and the Los Angeles Kings held on to beat the Arizona Coyotes, 4-3, on Thursday night.

Jordan Nolan scored his first two goals of the season for the Kings, and Anze Kopitar added two assists to help Los Angeles win for the sixth time in seven games. Jeff Zatkoff made 29 saves.

Martin Hanzal scored twice for the Coyotes in the first period, with Michael Stone assisting on both. Mike Smith stopped 29 saves, but gave up two goals in the final 7 minutes.

The Coyotes pulled Smith for an extra attacker for the last 1:34, but couldn't draw even.

The teams scored 9 seconds apart in the third period. Nolan's second goal of the night came from a shot from behind the net that bounced off the back of Smith's legs to give the Kings a 3-2 lead at 13:41 of the period.

Arizona's Tobias Rieder, who'd been a hard mark for Kings defenseman Drew Doughty for much of the game, took in a long pass from Alex Goligoski and got off a shot ahead of Doughty that beat Zatkoff at 13:50.

That set the stage for Lewis' winner.

The Coyotes converted 2 of 6 power plays, the first successful power plays in the past five games. They've won three of four and have points in five of their last six games.

The Kings went 0 for 6 on power plays.

Forward Tyler Toffoli picked up two tripping penalties in the first 39 seconds of the game, the first which led to the Coyotes scoring their opening goal.

Toffoli was sent to the penalty box nine seconds into the game, and six seconds later, Hanzal deflected Radim Vrbata's shot into the net for a 1-0 Arizona lead.

Toffoli was whistled for tripping again at 39 seconds, but the Kings' penalty kill unit prevented a second goal for those two minutes.

Los Angeles tied it at 12:25 of the first when Dustin Brown skated up ice, flipped a centering pass to Kopitar and got the puck back from Kopitar. Brown's shot attempt was wide but it went to teammate Dwight King, who put the puck past Smith.

It was King's fifth goal of the season.

The Coyotes went ahead 2-1 on Hanzal's wrist shot that went off starting goalie Peter Budaj's stick and into the net at 18:32 of the period, again on the power play. Hanzal, with five goals, also has three two-point games this season.

Before that goal, the Coyotes, with Smith making several stops, thwarted a 5-on-3 opportunity the Kings had for 53 seconds in the first period.

Zatkoff took over in net for the Kings to start the second period and finished with 25 saves. Budaj had four saves on six shots faced.

The Kings drew even again with Nolan's goal at 10:14 of the second. Nolan's backhand shot eluded Smith for his first goal of the season and first since April of 2015.

NOTES: Oliver Ekman-Larsson played after leaving Tuesday's game at San Jose with an upper body injury, and logged an assist. . The Coyotes assigned goalie Justin Peters to Tucson of the AHL on Thursday, with Louis Domingue able to back up Smith. ... D Lawson Crouse blasted Kings D Derek Forbort with a check eight seconds before the end of the first period, drawing loud cheers from Arizona fans. ... Kings F Devin Setoguchi was among the team's three scratches. It was the first game he's missed this season after playing in the first 23. ... Toffoli's four penalty minutes were the first ones he's served all season.

UP NEXT

Kings: Open a three-game road trip at Montreal on Sunday.

Coyotes: Host Columbus on Saturday, the first of back-to-back games against the Blue Jackets.

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