Rittich stops 25 shots, Los Angeles Kings beat Montreal Canadiens ...
Defenceman David Savard skated in his 800th game.
Takeaways
Kings: Despite playing the second night of a back-to-back, Los Angeles bounced back after allowing a combined 14 goals against the Ottawa Senators and Maple Leafs in their last two outings.
Canadiens: The Canadiens played with five defencemen for 40 minutes after Mike Matheson exited the game, with Lane Hutson logging 30:05 in ice-time. The 30-year-old Matheson led Canadiens blueliners with 62 points last season. When or how he sustained the injury was not immediately clear.
Key moment
Laferriere deflected a point shot from Jordan Spencer 1:37 into the second period for his third of the season. Kings forward Alex Turcotte assisted on the goal. Turcotte’s father, Alfie, played 85 games with the Canadiens between 1983 and 1986 after the franchise drafted him 17th overall in 1983.
Key stat
Los Angeles has Montreal’s number. The Kings defeated the Canadiens a seventh consecutive time, including four straight in Montreal.
The Canadiens were 0-for-5 on the power play Thursday.
Up next
Canadiens: Visit Patrick Roy and the New York Islanders on Saturday.
Kings: Visit the Anaheim Ducks in the sixth stop of a season-opening seven-game road trip because of renovations at Crypto.com Arena.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 17, 2024.
Daniel Rainbird, The Canadian Press
