In Detroit, the Los Angeles rode two goals from Anze Kopitar to a 4-2 win over the Red Wings.
Kopitar passed Wayne Gretzky for fourth in scoring in Kings record book.
“I’m sure he did that in about 400 games, so it took me a lot longer,” Kopitar said. “But any time you are mentioned in the same sentence as Wayne Gretzky, it is a pretty big deal. I can brag about this one for a little while because I’m not going to break any of his other records.”
Jack Campbell made 22 saves in front of his near hometown fans.
“This was really special because both [Matt Roy] and I were playing for the first time at home,” Campbell said. “I have so many memories of watching hockey at the Joe (Louis Arena), whether it was college or the Wings. It was pretty cool just to be out there and to get a win was even better.”
Detroit has 13 of 15 games.
Madison Bowey and Filip Zadina scored for the Red Wings.
“I thought we got outcompeted, outexecuted and outworked tonight,” Wings head coach Jeff Blashill said. “I don’t think that’s happened very often, even in games where the score was a lot more lopsided. I don’t think 4-2 tells the story of this game.”
Jeff Carter and Tyler Toffoli also scored for the Kings who had a 4-0 lead before the Red Wings responded.
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Eric Comrie made 28 saves in the loss.
“We were just slow out of the gates,” Bowey said. “Our compete level was good in the third period, but that’s not enough to win games at this level.”
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