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Los Angeles Kings Defeat The Winnipeg Jets, 4-1

In a game heard live on KHTS Sunday night, The Los Angeles Kings beat the Winnipeg Jets by a final score of 4-1. Tune in Tuesday night for our next Kings home game against the Edmonton Oilers. Pregame starts at 7:00 p.m., on AM-1220 KHTS!

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LOS ANGELES — The line of Tyler Toffoli, Jeff Carter and Tanner Pearson, nicknamed “That 70s Line,” each had a goal and an assist to lead the Los Angeles Kings to a 4-1 win against the Winnipeg Jets at Staples Center on Sunday.

The Kings got their first win of the season on longtime announcer Bob Miller’s 76th birthday and made up for their Stanley Cup-banner raising loss to the San Jose Sharks last Wednesday.

Pearson and Carter put the game away with two goals in the second period. The line has accounted for five of the Kings’ six goals this season.

Martin Jones made 29 saves and looked sharp in his first start this season. He was tested early with saves against Michael Frolik and Adam Lowry, and he made a point-blank save on Andrew Ladd in the third.

The Kings had one shot on goal in the first 12 minutes of the second period and scored for a 3-0 lead. Pearson’s wrist shot skidded over the goal line at 2:03 after Toffoli bumped Jacob Trouba off the puck near the Kings bench.

That chased Winnipeg goalie Michael Hutchinson for Ondrej Pavelec. Hutchinson, a former Kings farmhand in his fourth NHL game, allowed three goals on 13 shots and he didn’t receive much help.

Drew Doughty assisted on the Kings’ first two goals. The rebound of his point shot went to Marian Gaborik, who fed a tight pass to Anze Kopitar for a 2-0 lead at 10:58 of the first period. Doughty also fed Carter for a shot and passed the puck to Toffoli for a put-back goal at 6:18 of the first.

Carter finished Toffoli’s rebound to make it 4-0 at 16:42 of the second when the Kings caught Winnipeg on a line change.

Bryan Little scored for Winnipeg at 17:47 of the third. The Jets have been outscored 7-1 the past two games and, for the second straight game, had a key player take a game misconduct penalty when Blake Wheeler instigated a fight with Robyn Regehr.

Doughty passed Marty McSorley for fifth on the Kings’ all-time list among defense-men with his 164th assist.

Winnipeg defense-man Mark Stuart played in his 500th game.

Los Angeles improved to 7-0-2 all-time in regulation at Staples Center against the Winnipeg/Atlanta franchise.

Los Angeles Kings Defeat The Winnipeg Jets, 4-1

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