Kopitar with hat trick; Kings dominate Knights 6-2

FIRST PERIOD: Robin Lehner in net for the Knights, Cal Peterson for the Kings.

Knights Shea Theodore 1 (Assists: Keegan Kolesar 1, Brayden McNabb 1) . KNIGHTS 1, KINGS 0, 9 minutes into period.

Kings Dustin Brown 1 (Assists: Drew Doughty 1, Anze Kopitar 1) . KNIGHTS 1, KINGS 1, 13 minutes into period.

Kings Anze Kopitar 1 (power-play) (Unassisted) KINGS 2 KNIGHTS 1, after one period

SECOND PERIOD: Kings Phillip Danault 1 (Assists: Drew Doughty 3, Alex Iafallo 1). KINGS 3, KNIGHTS 1, early in period.

Knights forward Mark Stone taken off the ice with what appeared to be a lower body injury.

Kings Anze Kopitar 2 (Assists: Adrian Kempe 1 Anze Kopitar 2, Alex Iafallo 2)). KINGS 4, KNIGHTS 1, midway through period.

THIRD PERIOD: Knights make goaltending change from Robin Lehner to Laurent Brossoit.

Kings Drew Doughty 1 (power-play) (Assists: Vladimir Tkachev 2, Anze Kopitar 2). KINGS 5, KNIGHTS 1. early in period.

Kings Anze Kopitar 3 (Assists: Viktor Arvidsson 1, Dustin Brown 1). KINGS 6, KNIGHTS 1, late in period.

Knights Evgenii Dadonov 1 (Unassisted). KINGS 6, KNIGHTS 2. late in period.

KINGS 6, KNIGHTS 2, FINAL

Vegas Golden Knights (1-0) vs. Los Angeles Kings (0-0)

Los Angeles; Thursday, 7:30 p.m. PDT

LINE: Kings +119, Golden Knights -144; over/under is 6

BOTTOM LINE: The Los Angeles Kings open the season at home against the Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday.

Los Angeles went 21-28-7 overall during the 2020-21 season while going 9-14-5 at home. The Kings scored 32 power play goals with an 18.9% success rate on power play opportunities last season.

Vegas went 40-14-2 overall with a 19-9-0 record on the road during the 2020-21 season. The Golden Knights averaged 3.4 goals on 32.7 shots per game last season.

INJURIES: Kings: None listed.

Golden Knights: Mattias Janmark: day to day (health protocols), William Carrier: day to day (upper body).