Kings top Ducks for 4th straight win, remain undefeated on road

ANAHEIM -- Kevin Fiala scored two goals, and the Los Angeles Kings remained undefeated on the road to start the season with a 5-2 win against the Anaheim Ducks at Honda Center on Friday.

Anze Kopitar had a goal and an assist, and Trevor Moore, Adrian Kempe and Drew Doughty each had two assists for the Kings (12-3-3), who have won four in a row and nine straight on the road. Cam Talbot made 29 saves.

Los Angeles is one short of tying the NHL record for the longest season-opening road winning streak (Buffalo Sabres, 2006-07).

"We did a great job just staying above them," Fiala said. "We didn't give them so many chances. Talbot was there when we needed him and so, overall, I think it was a good team win."

Radko Gudas and Alex Killorn scored, and John Gibson made 26 saves for the Ducks (9-11-0), who have lost five in a row.

"We're fighting a clawing to get points," Anaheim coach Greg Cronin said. "We've just got to keep finding ways to improve and build on things."

Los Angeles scored on its two power plays in the first period to take a 2-0 lead.

Fiala scored from just above the goal line to make it 1-0 at 10:25. Doughty took a point shot that missed on the short side, but the puck hit the end wall and came out the other side to Fiala.

Kopitar had the primary assist for his 757th in the NHL, tying Marcel Dionne for the most in Kings history.

Gudas then went to the penalty box, and Arthur Kaliyev scored with a wrist shot from just above the right circle to make it 2-0 at 12:26.

"We knew they had a tendency to take some penalties and we wanted to be prepared," Los Angeles coach Todd McLellan said. "That was powerful for our group to get rolling there."

Quinton Byfield deflected Vladislav Gavrikov's shot between Gibson's pads to extend the lead to 3-0 at 1:17 of the second period.

"I was just trying to get to the net," Byfield said. "That's what the coaches say, good things happen when you get there, so I just tried to get there."

Fiala made it 4-0 at 2:56 when he drove to the net and waited out Gibson as he skated through the top of the crease before scoring short side.

Fiala said playing on a line with Moore and Phillip Danault had helped his game.

"We have the same type of vision," he said. "All three guys are really fast going to the net. We cycle the puck, we grind down and also, defensively, we do a good job, so it's been good."

Gudas scored on a slap shot from above the right circle to cut it to 4-1 at 12:42.

"We didn't have our best start again and it cost us the game," Gudas said. "I think we battled our way back, we played hard through the whole game, but sometimes we do a little mistake that ends up costing us so far, so we need to clean those things up."

Kopitar scored with a one-timer from the bottom of the right circle during 4-on-4 play to make it 5-1 at 3:21 of the third period.

Killorn scored his first goal with the Ducks in his 10th game while on a power play at 11:24 for the 5-2 final.

"I thought we battled all the way to the end," Gudas said. "Nobody really gave up on anything."

NOTES: The Kings are the third NHL team to win their first nine road games, joining the 2006-07 Sabres (10) and the 2009-10 New Jersey Devils (nine). ... Talbot is 10-3-1 this season. His 10 wins are second in the NHL behind Alexandar Georgiev of the Colorado Avalanche (12). ... The Kings have won seven straight against the Ducks and outscored them 30-13 in that span. ... Kopitar extended his point streak to eight games against Anaheim (four goals, 10 assists), becoming the first NHL player to have at least three eight-game point streaks against the Ducks. ... Kempe also extended his point streak against Anaheim to eight games (eight goals, eight assists). ... Los Angeles is 10-0-1 when scoring first this season. … It was the sixth straight game the Ducks have allowed the first goal, and the ninth time in the past 10 games.