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Drew Doughty had a goal and two assists to lead the Kings to a 5-3 win over Utah on Saturday night.

Kevin Fiala, Alex Laferriere, Trevor Lewis and Mikey Anderson also scored as the Kings improved their record at home to 18-3-2. Darcy Kuemper made 25 saves.

Barrett Hayton had his first career hat trick for Utah, which was looking for its fourth win in five games. Connor Ingram made 21 saves.

Doughty, who missed the start of the season because of a broken ankle, was back in action after playing for champion Canada in the 4 Nations Face-Off and tied the score 1-1 with 26 seconds after Hayton opened the scoring in the first. He had the secondary assist on Fiala’s power-play goal and sent a long clearing pass that Laferriere chased down to put the Kings up 2-1 late in the second.

It was Doughty’s 16th career game with at least three points.

Lewis got to the slot and put a backhand of Jordan Spence’s rebound through Ingram’s legs to give the Kings a brief 4-2 lead.

Anderson, who was back in action after a hand injury sidelined him for four games before the break, scored an empty-netter with 1:30 remaining.

Doughty’s effort helped spoil Hayton’s first career game with multiple power-play goals and fifth career multi-goal outing.

Utah defenseman Sean Durzi, a former King, returned after missing 52 games because of an October shoulder injury that required surgery.

The Kings have played a league-low 23 home games and are allowing 2.22 goals on average in those contests.

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