Vilardi, Kopitar rally the Kings

They score in third period to break a 1-1 tie as L.A. wins its fourth in row at home.

Gabe Vilardi and Anze Kopitar scored in the third period and the Kings beat the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 on Thursday night.

Alex Iafallo also scored and Pheonix Copley made 19 saves to help the Kings win their fourth straight home game.

Josh Anderson had a power-play goal for Montreal. Denis Gurianov also scored and Jake Allen made 30 saves.

Vilardi put the Kings up 2-1 at 7:27 of the third, shooting into the top netting with Allen down on one knee. Kopitar made it a two-goal lead 63 seconds later on a wrist shot from the slot. Gurianov cut it to 3-2 with 10:21 left, getting his first goal in two games since being acquired in a trade from Dallas.

The Kings tied it at one at 7:42 of the second when Vilardi found Iafallo in the slot.

Anderson scored his 18th goal of the season midway through the first, taking advantage of Adrian Kempe’s inadvertent deflection of a pass by Nick Suzuki to beat Copley five-hole from close range on a power play.

Defenseman Vladislav Gavrikov made his Kings debut after being acquired Wednesday in a trade.

Marcio Jose Sanchez Associated Press THE CANADIENS’ David Savard (58) reaches for the puck as the Kings’ Kevin Fiala tumbles over him in the second period. The Kings have won three of four games and stayed tied for first with Vegas in the Pacific.