Anze Kopitak gets 800th assist as Kings defeat Golden Knights
LA TimesAnze Kopitar had a goal and two assists, including the 800th of his career as the Kings beat the Vegas Golden Knights 6-3 on Wednesday night. Adrian Kempe and Kevin Fiala each had a goal and an assist, and Warren Foegele, Alex Laferriere and Joel Edmundson also scored for the Kings, who have won three of four. Kopitar’s assist on Fiala’s power-play goal at 6:23 of the third period made him the fifth player born outside of North America to reach 800 assists, joining Jaromir Jagr, Evgeni Malkin, Nicklas Lidstrom and Henrik Sedin. Foegele and Kempe scored 42 seconds apart in the first period, Laferriere and Kopitar made it 4-0 in a 44-second span midway through the second period, while Fiala’s and Edmundson’s third-period goals came within 100 seconds in the third.