MONTREAL (AP) -- Los Angeles Kings rookie Brad Chartrand dreamt about having a game like this.

Chartrand scored twice as Los Angeles held off Montreal's third-period rally in a 4-2 win over the Canadiens on Saturday night.

	Montreal's Martin Rucinsky slides into Los Angeles goalie Jamie Storr Saturday. Rucinsky later missed a penalty shot against Storr.

"Any Canadian kid who saw Hockey Night in Canada growing up knows all about the Canadiens," said Chartrand, a Winnipeg native who signed with Los Angeles as a free agent on July 21. "It's a dream for me to play in this building, and I'm just overwhelmed to be able to score and provide a bit of a spark for my team tonight."

The Kings, 4-1-2-1 in their last eight games, took a 3-0 lead and chased Montreal goalie Jeff Hackett before the midway point of the second with goals by Brian Smolinski, Garry Galley and Chartrand.

Jim Cummins and Sergei Zholtok scored 76 seconds apart early in the third to get Montreal within one. But Los Angeles goalie Jamie Storr was strong the rest of the way as the Kings rebounded from a 3-1 loss in Detroit on Friday night.

Chartrand, who added his third goal of the season with 1:15 seconds left, had scored just once in his previous 29 games.

"I think my game's been improving as the season goes on," Chartrand said. "When you get to this level, the play is so good and the tempo is so high that you just have to try to make that adjustment, and learn from the veteran guys like Luc Robitaille who give a consistent effort, night in and night out."

Kings coach Andy Murray likes what he sees in Chartrand.

"He played with me on the national team and nobody really gave him a chance to be a National Hockey League player, and he's come in and played very well for us," Murray said.

Smolinski scored his seventh of the season on a power play with just under 10 seconds left in the first, and Galley made it 2-0 with another power-play goal 1:29 into the second. Chartrand's second of the season at 8:49 ended Hackett's evening as Jose Theodore came in.

Cummins made it 3-1 when he scored off a rebound of Karl Dykhuis' shot 1:34 into the third. Zholtok scored his eighth of the season at 2:50 to draw the Canadiens within 3-2.

"I thought we had them when we narrowed the score to 3-2," Zholtok said. "But this team still has a lot to learn. We are coming together. We play a lot of close games and we don't lose by big scores."

Martin Rucinsky missed on a penalty shot 5:51 into the game after he was hauled down from behind by Kings defenseman Mattias Norstrom on a breakaway.

"I should have scored on the penalty shot," Rucinsky said. "I looked up too soon. I should have kept my head down."

A shoving match between Los Angeles' Steve McKenna and Montreal's Scott Thornton during the pregame warmup drew both teams to center ice and foreshadowed three first-period fights, including the rematch between Thornton and McKenna. The Kings' Ian Laperierre and Arron Asham of the Canadiens also fought early in the second.

"I think everybody in the building knew that was going to happen," McKenna said. "This is a hockey town, they know how to play. That's the way it goes."