Trevor Moore scores twice as LA Kings cruise past hapless Jets squad by a 5-1 score Featured

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Winnipeg, Manitoba (NHN)-Trevor Moore scored twice and added an assist to pace the Los Angeles Kings to a 5-1 win over the Winnipeg Jets Tuesday night.

The win was the first of the season for Los Angeles, who dropped their first two contests.

The game marked the return of former Jet, Pierre-Luc Dubois to Winnipeg.

The 25 year-old centre refused to sign a long term deal with the Jets, forcing Winnipeg to move him to Los Angeles in the off-season in a package deal which saw Gabriel Vilardi, Alex Iafallo and Rasmus Kupari join the Jets.

Dubois did his part, scoring the game's first goal.

Arthur Kaliyev also scored for Los Angeles.

Philip Danault had a goal and a pair of assists.

Cam Talbot stopped 26 shots to backstop the Kings to their first win of the season (1-1-1).

Mark Scheifele scored Winnipeg's lone goal of the contest.

Connor Hellebuyck made 23 saves for Winnipeg, who dropped to 1-2-0.

There was no scoring in the first period. Jets winger Gabriel Vilardi went down just under the six minutes into the contest when he fell awkwardly into the boards after being tripped by Blake Lizotte. Vilardi left the game favoring his right knee.

Josh Morrissey nearly gave Winnipeg the lead on the ensuing power play when he hit the cross bar off a shot from the point.

Pierre-Luc Dubois got LA on the board after he cashed in off an Antze Kopitar shot and snapped a low shot past Hellebuyck just a loose puck in the slot and fired it past Hellebuyck seconds after Morgan Barron's penalty expired.

The goal was his first of the season.

Jets centre Cole Perfetti took a stiff check into the boards with just over six minutes left in the second when Kings defenceman Andreas Englund caught him standing two feet from the boards in the neutral zone.

Dylan Samberg came to his defence, losing a one sided, two-punch fight to him in addition to taking the instagator, leaving the Jets shorthanded.

Trevor Moore made it 2-0 at 16:19 when Philip Danault caught him cutting for the net with a slick backhand pass from the corner.

Moore beat Hellebuyck with a low shot to score his 2nd goal of the season.

Arthur Kaliyev scored 2:51 into the third after Cole Perfetti turned over the puck right behind the Jets net and right onto Trevor Moore's stick.

Moore fed Kaliyev in front and the Kings forward slid the disc past Hellebuyck to make it 3-0 L.A.

Moore added an insurance marker with 5:29 remaining in regulation, breaking down his off wing before snapping a high shot past Hellebuyck, beating him blocker side to make it 4-0 Los Angeles.

Philip Danault scored to make it 5-0 with 3:28 remaining to put the game out of reach.

Mark Scheifele scored with 1:16 left in the third, scooping up a Dylan DeMelo shot from the point to make it 5-1.

Los Angeles visits Minnesota while Winnipeg hosts Las Vegas on Thursday.

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Philip Paul-Martin

A well rounded journalist with experience in both print and broadcast mediums, Philip has written news stories with impact, broken national news while at the CBC, anchored radio news and hosted talk show radio. His coverage includes feature writing, game stories and more in-depth pieces during the off-season as well as writing about the National Hockey League and the Winnipeg Jets. He calls Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada home.