The New York Islanders’ Isaiah George, left, and Brock Nelson, right, battle for control of the puck with the Kings’ Mikey Anderson during the first period on Tuesday night in Elmont, N.Y. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Kings goaltender Darcy Kuemper protects the net during the second period of their game against the New York Islanders on Tuesday night in Elmont, N.Y. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
The New York Islanders’ Grant Hutton, left, and the Kings’ Alex Turcotte battle for control of the puck during the first period on Tuesday night in Elmont, N.Y. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
New York Islanders goaltender Ilya Sorokin makes a save on a shot by the Kings’ Trevor Moore, left, during the first period on Tuesday night in Elmont, New York. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
Kings forward Quinton Byfield falls to the ice during the first period of their game against the New York Islanders on Tuesday night in Elmont, New York. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
The New York Islanders’ Alexander Romanov, right, knocks down the Kings’ Alex Laferriere during the first period on Tuesday night in Elmont, N.Y. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
The Kings’ Tanner Jeannot, center, rubs tje New York Islanders’ Simon Holmstrom into the bords during the first period on Tuesday night in Elmont, New York. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
The Kings’ Damuel Helenius, right, is checked by the New York Islanders’ Noah Dobson during the first period on Tuesday night in Elmont, New York. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
The Kings’ Trevor Moore, left, battles for control of the puck with the New York Islanders’ Maxim Tsyplakov during the first period on Tuesday night in Elmont, N.Y. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
The Kings’ Adrian Kempe, center, celebrates with Anze Kopitar as New York Islanders goaltender Ilya Sorokin, right, looks on after Kempe scored a goal during the first period on Tuesday night in Elmont, N.Y. The Kings won their sixth consecutive game, 3-1. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
The Kings’ Adrian Kempe, right, celebrates with Anze Kopitar after scoring a goal during the first period of their game against the New York Islanders on Tuesday night in Elmont, N.Y. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
The Kings celebrate a goal by Adrian Kempe (9) as New York Islanders goaltender Ilya Sorokin, left, looks on during the first period on Tuesday night in Elmont, New York. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
The New York Islanders’ Maxim Tsyplakov, right, checks the Kings’ Adrian Kempe during the first period on Tuesday night in Elmont, New York. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
Kings goaltender Darcy Kuemper, left, stops a shot by the New York Islanders’ Matt Martin (17) as Jordan Spence, right, defends during the second period on Tuesday night in Elmont, N.Y. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Kings goaltender Darcy Kuemper keeps his eyes on the action during the second period of their 3-1 victory over the New York Islanders on Tuesday night in Elmont, N.Y. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
Kings left wing Kevin Fiala, left, celebrates with Joel Edmundson after scoring a goal during the second period of their game against the New York Islanders on Tuesday night in Elmont, N.Y. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
The Kings’ Kevin Fiala, center, celebrates with teammates Kyle Burroughs, left, and Joel Edmundson after scoring a goal during the second period of their 3-1 victory over the New York Islanders on Tuesday night in Elmont, N.Y. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
The Kings’ Kevin Fiala celebrates his goal during the second period of their 3-1 victory over the New York Islanders on Tuesday night in Elmont, N.Y. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
The New York Islanders’ Oliver Wahlstrom, right, shows his frustration as the Kings’ Kevin Fiala (22) celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal during the second period on Tuesday night in Elmont, N.Y. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
The New York Islanders’ Casey Cizikas (53) is denied by Kings goaltender Darcy Kuemper, right, as the Kings’ Phillip Danault defends during the second period on Tuesday night in Elmont, New York. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
Kings goaltender Darcy Kuemper, left, and Mikey Anderson, right, protect the net from the New York Islanders’ Jean-Gabriel Pageau, center, during the second period on Tuesday night in Elmont, N.Y. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
The Kings’ Tanner Jeannot, right, hits the New York Islanders’ Grant Hutton alongside the boards during the second period on Tuesday night in Elmont, New York. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
New York Islanders goaltender Ilya Sorokin (30) and assorted teammates defend their net as the Kings’ Kevin Fiala (22) and Alex Laferriere (14) look for a possible rebound during the second period on Tuesday night in Elmont, New York. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
New York Islanders goaltender Ilya Sorokin (30) and assorted teammates defend their net as the Kings’ Kevin Fiala (22) and Alex Laferriere (14) look for a possible rebound during the second period on Tuesday night in Elmont, New York. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
Kings goaltender Darcy Kuemper protects the net during the second period of their game against the New York Islanders on Tuesday night in Elmont, N.Y. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
The New York Islanders’ Anders Lee, left, celebrates his goal with teammates during the second period of their game against the Kings on Tuesday night in Elmont, New York. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
The New York Islanders’ Anders Lee, right, celebrates his goal with teammates on the bench during the second period of their game against the Kings on Tuesday night in Elmont, New York. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
Kings goaltender Darcy Kuemper, center, and captain Anze Kopitar, right, protect the net from the New York Islanders’ Jean-Gabriel Pageau during the second period on Tuesday night in Elmont, N.Y. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
New York Islanders goaltender Ilya Sorokin, left, makes a save against the Kings’ Kevin Fiala during the second period on Tuesday night in Elmont, New York. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
The Kings’ Anze Kopitar, left, battles the New York Islanders’ Maxim Tsyplakov for control of the puck during the second period on Tuesday night in Elmont, N.Y. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
The Kings’ Quinton Byfield, left, is stopped by New York Islanders goaltender Ilya Sorokin during the second period on Tuesday night in Elmont, New York. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
The Kings’ Trevor Moore, left, and the New York Islanders’ Dennis Cholowski battle for control of the puck during the third period on Tuesday night in Elmont, N.Y. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Kings captain Anze Kopitar (11) is denied by New York Islanders goaltender Ilya Sorokin Kings goaltender Darcy Kuemper, center, makes a save on a shot by the New York Islanders’ Anders Lee (27) during the third period on Tuesday night in Elmont, New York. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
Kings captain Anze Kopitar (11) is denied by New York Islanders goaltender Ilya Sorokin Kings goaltender Darcy Kuemper, center, makes a save on a shot by the New York Islanders’ Anders Lee (27) during the third period on Tuesday night in Elmont, New York. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
The Kings’ Damuel Helenius (79) checks the New York Islanders’ Grant Hutton (34) during the third period on Tuesday night in Elmont, New York. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
Kings goaltender Darcy Kuemper, center, makes a save on a shot by the New York Islanders’ Anders Lee (27) during the third period on Tuesday night in Elmont, New York. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
Kings goaltender Darcy Kuemper (35) tends his net against the New York Islanders’ Anders Lee (27) among others during their game on Tuesday night in Elmont, New York. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
New York Islanders goaltender Ilya Sorokin stops a shot by the Kings’ Tanner Jeannot, right, during the third period on Tuesday night in Elmont, N.Y. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
The New York Islanders’ Alexander Romanov, right, battles for control of the puck with the Kings’ Kevin Fiala, left, during the third period on Tuesday night in Elmont, N.Y. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Kings goaltender Darcy Kuemper makes a save on a shot by the New York Islanders’ Anders Lee (27) during the third period on Tuesday night in Elmont, New York. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
The New York Islanders’ Casey Cizikas lays on the ice in front of Kings goaltender Darcy Kuemper during their game on Tuesday night in Elmont, New York. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
New York Islanders head coach Patrick Roy gestures to goaltender Ilya Sorokin during the third period of their game against the Kings on Tuesday night in Elmont, N.Y. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
The Kings’ Vladislav Gavrikov, right, congratulates Mikey Anderson after his empty-net goal late in the third period of their 3-1 victory over the New York Islanders on Tuesday night in Elmont, N.Y. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
Kings goaltender Darcy Kuemper, left, and teammates Joel Edmundson (6) and Jordan Spence celebrate after their 3-1 victory over the New York Islanders on Tuesday night in Elmont, N.Y. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
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The New York Islanders’ Isaiah George, left, and Brock Nelson, right, battle for control of the puck with the Kings’ Mikey Anderson during the first period on Tuesday night in Elmont, N.Y. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
NEW YORK — The Kings didn’t forget to pack their momentum for an extended excursion.
Adrian Kempe and Kevin Fiala scored, Darcy Kuemper made 19 saves and the Kings beat the New York Islanders, 3-1, on Tuesday night for their sixth consecutive win, the NHL’s longest active winning streak.
The Kings started a seven-game road trip, their longest of the season, with a strong performance. Mikey Anderson added an empty-net goal as they improved to 17-8-3 with their eighth victory in 10 games.
Anders Lee scored for the Islanders, who had won their previous two.
Kempe scored his 14th goal of the season with 6:09 left in the first period to cap a lengthy sequence. Kings defenseman Vladislav Gavrikov’s shot sailed wide right of the net and skittered toward Islanders right winger Maxim Tsyplakov and Kings left winger Trevor Moore, who battled for the puck for a few seconds before Moore finally gained possession.
Moore passed to Anze Kopitar, who was stationed behind the net and shuffled the puck until Islanders defenseman Ryan Pulock broke to the right of Islanders goaltender Ilya Sorokin. Kopitar – playing his 1,401st career game – then fed an open Kempe, who beat Sorokin over his stick shoulder from point-blank range.
The 37-year-old Kopitar leads the Kings with 32 points, including eight goals.
The Kings doubled the lead in similar fashion 3:09 into the second. Joel Edmundson split Islanders right winger Simon Holmstrom and defenseman Grant Hutton near the New York crease but couldn’t fully get off a shot. Edmundson collected the loose puck off the boards and passed to Fiala, whose shot from above the left faceoff circle sailed beyond Sorokin’s glove as he was screened by Hutton and Kings center Samuel Helenius. It was Fiala’s 10th goal of the season.
The Islanders cut the gap in half with 10:13 left in the period. Kyle Palmieri’s shot into the crease glanced off the stick of Lee, who spun around Gavrikov and sent a shot under Kuemper’s stick.
The Islanders outshot the Kings 7-5 in the third and came close to the equalizer twice in the final seven minutes, when shots by Noah Dobson and Bo Horvat hit the post.
Kuemper stopped Jean-Gabriel Pageau’s shot from the high slot with 2:37 left. He also denied Holmstrom on the power play with just under eight minutes remaining to preserve a one-goal lead.
Sorokin was pulled with about 90 seconds left, but New York didn’t generate a shot before Anderson iced the victory with a length-of-the-ice empty-netter with 14 seconds remaining.
Kuemper improved to 6-2-3 this season for the Kings, who were coming off home wins over Ottawa, Dallas and Minnesota and are 15-0-2 this season when they score three or more goals.
Sorokin finished with 27 saves for the Islanders, who dropped to 5-7-2 at UBS Arena. They are 6-5-5 on the road.
UP NEXT
The Kings visit the New Jersey Devils on Thursday at 4 p.m. PT.
