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Dec 8, 2025; Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; Los Angeles Kings right wing Quinton Byfield (55) advances the puck against Utah Mammoth center Jack McBain (22) during the first period at Delta Center. Mandatory Credit: Rob Gray-Imagn Images <\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\nJoel Armia scored two goals for the Los Angeles Kings in a 4-2 win against the Utah Mammoth on Monday night in Salt Lake City.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Adrian Kempe had a goal and an assist, Anze Kopitar also scored, Kevin Fiala had two assists and Darcy Kuemper made 19 saves for the Kings, who have won two in a row following a 2-3-3 stretch.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Clayton Keller had a goal and an assist, Dylan Guenther also scored and Karel Vejmelka made 23 saves for the Mammoth, who have lost six of their past eight games.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Both teams killed power plays in the first seven minutes before the Kings took a 1-0 lead at 7:50.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Kempe entered the Utah zone with speed after receiving a pass from Fiala. He raced around defenseman Nate Schmidt and through the slot before scoring from in close.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Armia scored on a breakaway after receiving a pinpoint stretch pass from Fiala to extend the lead to 2-0 at 10:08 of the opening period.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n <\/p>\n A minute later, Mammoth forward Brandon Tanev appeared to score on a breakaway, but the Kings challenged that he was offside prior to the goal and that was confirmed after a replay review.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Utah went on its second power play of the first period when Andrei Kuzmenko was called for interference on Dylan Guenther with 1:17 left.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n The power play carried over to the second period and Keller tapped the puck back to Guenther, who scored 34 seconds into the period with a one-timer from the high slot to cut the deficit to 2-1.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Kopitar made it 3-1 when a loose puck came to him in the slot and he lifted it into the net at 3:27 of the third period.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Keller fired a backhand into the far top corner from the right circle to bring the Mammoth back within 3-2 at 12:15 of the final period.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Armia sealed the win by scoring into an empty net with 1:38 left.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Utah announced earlier Monday that the team’s leading goal-scorer, Logan Cooley, would be out indefinitely with a lower-body injury sustained Friday against the Vancouver Canucks.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n