Winipeg Jets’ 3-game win steak halted by 3-0 shutout loss to LA Kings

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Winipeg Jets’ 3-game win steak halted by 3-0 shutout loss to LA Kings

ManitobaAdrian Kempe scored his 200th NHL career goal, Drew Doughty broke the Los Angeles record for goals by a defenceman and the Kings beat the Winnipeg Jets 3-0 on Tuesday night. Kings win 1st home game of season, Jets lose 1st road game of seasonDan Greenspan · The Associated Press · Posted: Nov 05, 2025 8:18 AM EST | Last Updated: 5 hours agoListen to this articleEstimated 2 minutesLos Angeles Kings winger Adrian Kempe scored late in the first period to put the Kings in front 1-0. It turned out to be the winning goal, as the Kings went on to down the Jets 3-0. (Jessie Alcheh/The Associated Press)Adrian Kempe scored his 200th NHL career goal, Drew Doughty broke the Los Angeles record for goals by a defenceman and the Kings beat the Winnipeg Jets 3-0 on Tuesday night.Darcy Kuemper made 23 saves and Kevin Fiala added a late power-play goal to help the Kings get their first home win of the season in six games.Connor Hellebuyck made 23 saves for the Jets, who dropped their first road game of the season.Kempe scored late in the first period to put the Kings in front, getting his sixth goal of the season by attacking the crease to put in Joel Armia’s centering pass from the trapezoid.Kempe is the ninth member of the 2014 draft class to reach 200 goals, getting there in 644 games.Doughty passed franchise stalwart Rob Blake with his 162nd goal in 1,221 games with an empty-netter with 54 seconds remaining.The Kings made changes by moving Armia to the top line and reuniting Mikey Anderson with longtime partner Doughty on the first defensive pair, and there were immediate returns as Armia and Anderson had the assists on Kempe’s goal.Kings forward Corey Perry played in his 1,400th career game, becoming the 44th player in NHL history to do so and joining Brent Burns (1,511), Alex Ovechkin (1,503) and Anze Kopitar (1,464) among active players that have appeared in that many games.Jets captain Adam Lowry played third-line centre in his season debut after undergoing hip surgery in late May. Lowry had a career-high 18 goals last season.

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