Tomas Hertl scored a hat trick, and Adin Hill made 29 saves for the Golden Knights (38-19-6), who had won four in a row. Kopitar gave the Kings a 1-0 lead at 11:22 of the first period when he tipped in a Joel Edmunson point shot past Hill. Clarke made it 2-0 at 18:29, scoring with a backhand around Hill’s right leg.

Adrian Kempe scored the winner in the Los Angeles Kings’ 6-5 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Sunday night. Quinton Byfield, Warren Foegele, Anze Kopitar, Trevor Moore and Brandt Clarke also scored for the Kings.

The Golden Knights came back to make it a one-goal game in the third period, powered by a hat trick by Tomas Hertl, but it was too little too late in a 6-5