Adrian Kempe stickhandled into the slot and beat Eric Comrie with a wrist shot to the top right corner at 1:14 of overtime to give Los Angeles a 2-1 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Friday night in the Kings’ first game in almost a week because of wildfires.

Adrian Kempe scored at 1:14 of overtime to lift the visiting Los Angeles Kings to a 2-1 win against the Winnipeg Jets on Friday night in the opener of a five-game road trip.

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WINNIPEG -- Adrian Kempe scored 1:14 into overtime, giving the Los Angeles Kings a 2-1 win against the Winnipeg Jets at Canada Life Centre on Friday. It was the Kings’ first game in six days. Their home game against the Calgary Flames on Wednesday was postponed because of the wildfires in the Los Angeles area.

Sixth-round selections in NHL Entry Drafts are usually stab-in-the-dark picks to some degree and don’t often make the NHL. However, the Winnipeg Jets’ most-recent sixth-rounder is making serious and surprising waves in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) this season.

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Los Angeles is among the best at suppressing offensive chances, so Winnipeg will have its ... Right behind them are the Jets (.690) and the Kings (.671) at third and fourth overall.

The Los Angeles Kings won a tight-checking contest as Adrian Kempe scored the game-winning goal at 1:14 of overtime for a 2-1 win over the Winnipeg Jets on Friday. Neither team was able to ...

The Los Angeles Kings were thinking about friends and family in wildfire-ravaged California as they embarked on an eight-day road trip that kicked off Friday in Winnipeg.

The circumstances were particularly meaningful for Pittsburgh forward Blake Lizotte, who started his NHL career with the Kings and had 106 points (37 goals, 69 assists) in 320 games for them. This was his first game at Crypto.com Arena as a visitor, but the LAFD hat he wore after the morning skate reflected the larger circumstances.

The 28-12-2 Winnipeg Jets will host the 23-10-5 Los Angeles Kings from Canada Life Centre on Friday night. The game will be the fourth of Winnipeg's season-high, eight-game homestand. Tuesday evening's contest vs.

Dylan DeMelo scored with 27 seconds left in regulation to give the Winnipeg Jets a hard-earned 2-1 victory over the Seattle Kraken on Thursday.