Rittich, Kings rebound to beat Canadiens 4-1, snap three-game losing streak

David Rittich made 26 saves a night after being benched in the second period in Toronto, helping the road-weary Los Angeles Kings snap a three-game losing streak with a 4-1 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night.

Los Angeles improved to 2-1-2 on a season-opening, seven-game trip necessitated by arena renovations.

Rittich rebounded after allowing four goals on 14 shots in a 6-2 loss to the Maple Leafs. Alex Laferriere, Mikey Anderson, Andreas Englund and Adrian Kempe scored.

Justin Barron scored for Montreal (2-3-0). Sam Montembeault stopped 28 shots. He made a save on Kevin Fiala on a penalty shot.

Kings: Los Angeles bounced back after allowing a combined 14 goals against Ottawa and Toronto in its last two outings.

Canadiens: The Canadiens played with five defensemen for 40 minutes after Mike Matheson exited the game because of an upper-body injury, with Lane Hutson logging 30:05 in ice-time.

Key Moment

Laferriere deflected a point shot from Jordan Spencer 1:37 into the second period for his third goal of the season. Alex Turcotte assisted on the goal. Turcotte's father, Alfie, played 85 games with the Canadiens between 1983 and 1986.