GLENDALE, Ariz. - Drew Doughty scored the go-ahead goal with 4:51 remaining and the Los Angeles Kings rallied to beat the Phoenix Coyotes 5-3 Monday night.
Ryan Smyth scored twice, Anze Kopitar had a goal and two assists, and Justin Williams also scored for the Kings, who won for the first time in five games this season when trailing after two periods. Los Angeles snapped a two-game losing streak.
Shane Doan, Martin Hanzal and Scottie Upshall scored for the Coyotes, who saw their three-game winning streak snapped but received better news off the ice.
Earlier Monday, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Redfield T. Baum approved the Coyotes' sale to the NHL with the league intending to find a buyer committed to keeping the franchise in Glendale. The conclusion of the team's bankruptcy proceedings didn't help the Coyotes avoid a franchise-record low announced crowd of 5,855.
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Upshall had given Phoenix a 3-1 at 14:44 of the second period, taking a backhand pass from Robert Lang and sliding the puck between Quick's pads.
But then the Kings stormed back for their first win in three games against the Coyotes.
Smyth pulled the Kings to 3-2, taking a shot from the right side that trickled under Jason LaBarbera and along the goal line and then skating around the back of the and tapping the puck into the open left side.
Williams, playing his first game after missing the past five with a lower-body injury, tied the game 3-all with 13:16 remaining on a backhand shot just inside the left post.