Anze Kopitar and Trevor Lewis scored less than two minutes apart early in the third period, helping the Los Angeles Kings spoil Dave Cameron’s head coaching debut with a 5-3 victory over the Ottawa Senators.
The two goals came almost immediately after Ottawa’s Mark Stone scored short-handed to tie the score at 2-2 just 1:44 into the third period.
Matt Greene, Justin Williams and Tanner Pearson also tallied to help the Kings bounce back after two consecutive losses.
Jake Muzzin posted a career-best three assists, while Jonathan Quick came up with 32 saves for the Kings.
Cameron was elevated from assistant coach on Monday to replace Paul McLean, fired after the Senators dropped 13 of their last 17 games. Ottawa was able to overcome a 2-0 deficit on goals by Bobby Ryan and Stone, but gave up three in the third period to fall to 1-4-1 in its last six outings.
Jared Cowan notched a goal and an assist in the loss, with Craig Anderson stopping 31 of 35 shots for Ottawa.
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