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12/08 22:50 CST Armia scores 2, Kempe has goal and assist as Kings beat Mammoth
4-2
Armia scores 2, Kempe has goal and assist as Kings beat Mammoth 4-2
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) --- Joel Armia scored twice, Adrian Kempe had a goal and
assist, and the Los Angeles Kings beat the Utah Mammoth 4-2 on Monday night.
Anze Kopitar also scored and Kevin Fiala had two assists to help the Kings get
their third win in five games. Darcy Kuemper stopped 19 shots.
Clayton Keller had a goal and an assist, and Dylan Guenther also scored scored
for the Mammoth in their sixth loss in eight games. Karel Vejmelka finished
with 23 saves.
Kempe got the Kings on the scoreboard 7:50 into game as he got a pass from
Fiala skated in on Vejmelka and put a backhander past the goalie for his 10th
goal of the season.
Armia made it 2-0 at 10:08 as he got a long stretch pass from Fiala and beat
Vejmelka from between the circles.
Guenther pulled the Mammoth to 2-1 with a one-timer from the high slot off a
pass from Clayton Keller on the power play 34 seconds into the second period.
It was his 11th goal of the season.
Kopitar restored the Kings' two-goal lead at 3:27 of the third on a rebound in
front.
Keller pulled the Mammoth back within one with 7:47 remaining, but Armia sealed
the Kings' win with an empty-netter with 1:38 to go.
Up next
Kings: At Seattle on Wednesday night.
Mammoth: Host Florida on Wednesday night.
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