Field Level Media
09 Dec 2025, 10:25 GMT+10
(Photo credit: Rob Gray-Imagn Images)
Joel Armia scored two goals for the Los Angeles Kings in a 4-2 win against the Utah Mammoth on Monday night in Salt Lake City.
Adrian Kempe had a goal and an assist, Anze Kopitar also scored, Kevin Fiala had two assists and Darcy Kuemper made 19 saves for the Kings, who have won two in a row following a 2-3-3 stretch.
Clayton Keller had a goal and an assist, Dylan Guenther also scored and Karel Vejmelka made 23 saves for the Mammoth, who have lost six of their past eight games.
Both teams killed power plays in the first seven minutes before the Kings took a 1-0 lead at 7:50.
Kempe entered the Utah zone with speed after receiving a pass from Fiala. He raced around defenseman Nate Schmidt and through the slot before scoring from in close.
Armia scored on a breakaway after receiving a pinpoint stretch pass from Fiala to extend the lead to 2-0 at 10:08 of the opening period.
A minute later, Mammoth forward Brandon Tanev appeared to score on a breakaway, but the Kings challenged that he was offside prior to the goal and that was confirmed after a replay review.
Utah went on its second power play of the first period when Andrei Kuzmenko was called for interference on Dylan Guenther with 1:17 left.
The power play carried over to the second period and Keller tapped the puck back to Guenther, who scored 34 seconds into the period with a one-timer from the high slot to cut the deficit to 2-1.
Kopitar made it 3-1 when a loose puck came to him in the slot and he lifted it into the net at 3:27 of the third period.
Keller fired a backhand into the far top corner from the right circle to bring the Mammoth back within 3-2 at 12:15 of the final period.
Armia sealed the win by scoring into an empty net with 1:38 left.
Utah announced earlier Monday that the team's leading goal-scorer, Logan Cooley, would be out indefinitely with a lower-body injury sustained Friday against the Vancouver Canucks.
--Field Level Media
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