Quinton Byfield shines and Anze Kopitar breaks a Kings record in win over Avalanche
LA TimesKings center Quinton Byfield, left, celebrates with center Adrian Kempe after scoring during the second period of the Kings’ 4-1 win over the Colorado Avalanche at Crypto.com Arena on Sunday. With a chance to avenge one of their few regulation losses from opening night and pick up another memento to his historic career, Kopitar became the franchise leader in assists on Quinton Byfield‘s go-ahead goal, and the Kings beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-1 on Sunday. “He’s got probably 10 pucks at home in the last three weeks, so that’s a real good thing for him and his family.” Byfield had two goals, Trevor Moore and Drew Doughty also scored, and the Kings got back on track after their five-game winning streak was snapped by Washington on Wednesday. “You could tell which team was the rested team in the third period, because they started to put the heat on us,” Colorado coach Jared Bednar said.