Mark Scheifele scored two goals, Connor Hellebuyck made 30 saves and the Winnipeg Jets beat the Los Angeles Kings 3-2 on Saturday.
Alex Iafallo also scored for the Jets, who bounced back after losing their opener to the Dallas Stars on Thursday night. Gabriel Vilardi had two assists for Winnipeg.
Adrian Kempe had a goal with an assist and Mikey Anderson also scored for the Kings, who have lost two of three to start the season. Darcy Kuemper made 24 saves for Los Angeles.
Iafallo gave the Jets a 1-0 lead against his former team at 4:48 of the first period. He collected the puck at the inside edge of the right circle on a pass from Kyle Connor and elevated a shot past Kuemper on a power play.
Anderson tied it 1-1 when he received a pass from Drew Doughty and scored on a slap shot from the point through a screen 50 seconds into the 2nd period.
The Kings took a 2-1 lead after a nice passing sequence at 9:12 of the second period. Andrei Kuzmenko carried the ball to the right circle and passed behind his back to Anze Kopitar, who crossed the slot to Kempe for the throw-in.
Scheifele made it 2-2 when he entered the zone, drove into the net and put a backhander home at 18:57 of the second period.
Scheifele gave the Jets a 3-2 lead when he deflected Josh Morrissey’s shot from the left point past Kuemper at 11:47 of the third period.
The Kings went on a power play with 3:30 left, but were unable to convert. Los Angeles pulled Kuemper at the end of the power play and kept the puck in Winnipeg’s zone, but couldn’t beat Hellebuyck.
Winnipeg took another penalty with 18 seconds remaining, but in the ensuing draw, the Jets were able to recover the puck and clear it out of the zone.
The Jets were 1-for-4 on the power play while the Kings were 0-for-5.
–Field level media
