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: Darcy Kuemper #35 of the Los Angeles Kings reacts as he watches the puck with Drew Doughty #8 and Gabriel Vilardi #13 of the Winnipeg Jets after goal interference during the first period at Crypto.com Arena on November 04, 2025 in Los Angeles. The Jets lost 3-0 to the Kings, Photo by (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images) /Winnipeg SunArticle content
Kevin Fiala provided the insurance marker late in the third period as the Los Angeles Kings beat the Jets 3-0 in a tight-checking affair on Tuesday night.
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Fiala gave the Kings a two-goal cushion with a power-play goal at 15:00 when his shot from middle ice sailed over the left shoulder of Connor Helleybuyck. Hellebuyck stopped 23 shots in the loss.
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“They play hard,” Gabe Vilardi told reporters in Los Angeles. “They’re well-structured teams, especially in this building, and we knew we had to do when we got in on the forecheck. We had our looks. We had chances, a lot of power plays, couldn’t score a goal on (five) power-play chances.”
The goal snapped an 0-for-20 futility streak for the Los Angeles powerplay.
The Jets pulled Hellebuyck for the six-on-five advantage with 1:48 remaining, unable to solve Kings netminder Darcy Kuemper. Kuemper stopped 23 shots for his first shutout of the season.
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Drew Doughty found the empty net with 54 seconds remaining in the game to close out the scoring,
Vilardi had a potential goal called back for goaltender interference in the first period.
“I was doing my best to stay out of the crease,” Vilardi said. “There’s a little nudge from the guy, and I think I’m barely in the crease, that’s what it is. I think it’s a goal. I think that’s pretty soft.”
The Jets disputed the original call and lost the challenge.
“We felt that there wasn’t enough contact,” Arniel said. “Obviously, they saw it a different way.”
Any attempt at a third-period comeback was derailed when the Jets picked up two penalties 12 seconds apart.
Parker Ford shot the puck over the glass at 10:34 for a delay of game minor. Vlad Namestnikov was then assessed a double minor for high sticking Corey Perry at 11:46. Fiala scored with 46 seconds remaining in the double minor.
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Adam Lowry made his season debut on Tuesday. He missed 12 games due to off-season hip surgery. Lowry logged 14:08 of ice time. The Jets were shutout for the second time this season. They lost 3-0 to the Seattle Kraken on Oct. 23. The club’s three-game win streak was snapped. Mark Scheifele was held off the scoreboard for only the second time this season. The Jets are now 4-1-0 on the road.
The powerplay went 0-for-5 on Tuesday and is now 1-for-12 in the last four games.
Adrian Kempe scored a first-period goal for Los Angeles. Kempe’s goal was the 200th of his career. Perry played in his 1,400 NHL game on Tuesday. Among active players, Perry is listed fourth behind Anze Kopitar, Brent Burns and Alex Ovechkin. Los Angeles has a 4-1-4 record in one-goal games. The Kings improved to 1-3-2 at home this season.
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The Jets are in San Jose on Friday night to play the Sharks.
Scratches
Luke Schenn, Morgan Barron and Nikita Chibrikov were scratches. Barron is listed week-to-week with an unspecified injury he sustained in the 5-2 win over the Penguins on Saturday afternoon.
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During the Tuesday night TSN Insider Trading segment, Darren Dreger says the Jets and Lowry are “super motivated” to get a deal done. Dreger says the deal is not quite there yet but getting closer. Lowry has 121 goals and 152 assists in 776 games with the club. He was selected by the Jets in the third round of the 2011 NHL entry draft. Lowry is in the final year of his contract. He signed a five-year deal back in April of 2021. Lowry is set to make US$ 3.25 million this season.
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