The Los Angeles Kings have officially put a tough start to the season behind them. Tanner Pearson broke a tie late in the third period with his first goal since breaking his leg last season and the Los Angeles Kings beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 Sunday night for their fifth straight win. Connor McDavid nearly tied it for Edmonton with 5.2 seconds left, but Jonathan Quick sprawled to catch his backhander right at the goal line. A replay review upheld the no-goal call. "It happened so fast," McDavid said. "Obviously I'm going to think I scored there in a situation like that... I thought it could have gone in." Pearson's power-play goal put the Kings ahead with 3:26 left. He found the rebound from Jake Muzzin's shot and slapped it past goalie Cam Talbot, helping Los Angeles ease concerns over an 0-3-0 start. Pearson's score came fewer than 3 minutes after Taylor Hall tied it for Edmonton on the power play following Brayden McNabb's tripping minor. Hall redirected a pass from Ryan Nugent-Hopkins for his third of the season. Edmonton has lost two straight and fell to 3-6-0. "It's disappointing, but it was great to see that we didn't give up," Oilers forward Ryan Nugent-Hopkins said. "We just fought back and we came within inches at the end." Kopitar and Jeff Carter also scored for the Kings. Drew Doughty had two assists. Pearson broke his leg at Winnipeg on Jan. 10 and missed the rest of last season. Jets 5, Wild 4: Minnesota and Winnipeg combined for eight goals through two periods, and after building a 5-1 lead, the Jets withstood a furious late-game rally by the Wild to hold on for a 5-4 victory Sunday. The Jets got two goals from Drew Stafford and one each from Bryan Little, Andrew Ladd and Nikolaj Ehlers. Minnesota got goals from Jason Zucker, Mikko Koivu, Justin Fontaine and Zach Parise. Rangers 4, Flames 1: Antti Raanta made 22 saves as the New York Rangers knocked off Calgary at Madison Square Garden. The victory pushed the Rangers into first place in the Metropolitan Division. The Flames have yet to win a game in regulation. Kevin Klein, Dan Girardi, Oscar Lindberg and Derick Brassard scored for the Rangers while Jiri Hudler scored for the Flames. — Agencies
