LOS ANGELES (AP) — Anze Kopitar, Trevor Moore and Kevin Fiala each had a goal and an assist, and the Los Angeles Kings beat the Ottawa Senators 5-2 on Saturday night for their season-high third consecutive win.

Alex Laferriere and Adrian Kempe also scored for Los Angeles, and David Rittich made 20 saves.

Kopitar snapped a tie 1:37 into the third period, finding himself alone at the top of the crease before finishing for his eighth goal of the season.

Kempe added a power-play goal with 3:46 remaining after Ottawa was called for its second too-many-men penalty. Moore closed it out with an empty-netter.

Ottawa’s Adam Gaudette scored for the third straight game. Tim Stutzle also scored, and Anton Forsberg made 22 saves.

Kopitar helps the Kings beat the Senators 5-2 for their third straight win | iNFOnews.ca — Los Angeles Kings defenseman Mikey Anderson, right, dives to stop a shot by Ottawa Senators left wing Brady Tkachuk during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Takeaways

Senators: Gaudette is up to 12 goals in 22 games, matching his career high in 59 games with the Vancouver Canucks in 2019-20.

Kings: Moore returned after sitting out a 2-1 win at Anaheim on Friday due to an undisclosed injury. But veteran fourth-liner Trevor Lewis was sidelined by a lower-body injury in the first period.

Key moment

Kopitar swatted in Moore’s rebound early in the third. The captain added a late assist to break a tie with Peter Stastny (1,239) for 42nd on the NHL career points list.