LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The change in coaching philosophy from Jim Schoenfeld to Bob Francis is paying early dividends for the Phoenix Coyotes.

The more up-tempo, aggressive brand of hockey Francis instilled in his team, as opposed to the defensive shell they displayed before, has led to the best start in the history of the franchise, which began as the Winnipeg Jets in 1972.

	Craig Johnson and the Kings couldn't get past Todd Gill and the Coyotes Friday night.

Friday night's 6-3 victory over the Los Angeles Kings started sluggishly for the Coyotes, but ended with five unanswered goals by five different players.

"Bobby Francis has put in a great system here," said defenseman Deron Quint, who scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period. "Our defensemen are jumping into the play a lot more.

"They did last year too, but they didn't get the green light that I think they needed. We've got a lot of offensive guys, but everybody's also playing defense and guys are really working hard for each other."

The Coyotes improved to 5-1-2 with Jeremy Roenick sitting out the fifth and final game of his first career suspension for high-sticking Chicago's Tony Amonte in the face. Roenick returns to the ice Saturday against Washington.

"I didn't enjoy sitting out five games. It wasn't fun," Roenick said. "I didn't talk to one person that said I deserved five games. It was tough to stay motivated, but now I can afford to think about better things."

Travis Green extended his goal-scoring streak to five games and Dallas Drake had a shorthanded goal. Trevor Letowski, Keith Tkachuk and Mika Alatalo also scored for the Coyotes, and Teppo Numminen and Greg Adams each had three assists.

Ian Laperriere got his first two goals of the season and Ziggy Palffy had a power-play goal for the Kings, winless in their first two home games at the new Staples Center.

The Coyotes, who went more than eight minutes before getting their first shot on goal, took their first lead at 3:04 of the third. Quint used defenseman Frantisek Kaberle as a screen and beat Stephane Fiset to the glove side from about 20 feet. Tkachuk and Alatalo scored 10 seconds apart to put the game away with six minutes remaining.

"They outworked us. That's the bottom line," Laperriere said. "They've got a couple of skill guys, but most of their guys are just hard workers. We've got to learn from our mistakes, but the good news is that it's only the ninth game of the season."

Trailing 3-1, the Coyotes tied it on goals by Drake and Letowski less than 10 minutes apart in the second period. With the teams skating 4-on-4, Letowski carried the puck into the zone and got plenty of room from defenseman Mattias Norstrom before whistling a 40-foot slap shot past Fiset's stick hand at 14:16 of the period for the tying goal.

Palffy gave the Kings a 2-1 edge just 17 seconds before the first intermission and 15 seconds after Tkachuk went off for high-sticking. Rob Blake's one-timer from the right point was blocked by Numminen, but Palffy pounced on the loose puck and beat Shtalenkov to the stick side.

Los Angeles increased the margin to 3-1 when Laperriere completed a give-and-go with rookie Brad Chartrand at 1:13 of the second period for his second goal. But the Kings gave up their first shorthanded goal about three minutes later, following a hooking call against Coyotes defenseman Keith Carney. Drake carried the puck into the zone and took a 50-foot slap shot that changed direction off Kaberle's stick and fooled Fiset.

"Bad habits just came back," Laperriere said. "We're a team that has to work for 60 minutes, and we didn't do it tonight. We took the lead and then we just sat back on it."

Laperriere opened the scoring less than four minutes into the game, but Green tied it just five seconds after a hooking penalty to Bryan Smolinski gave Phoenix its first power play of the game. Green converted a pass from Numminen, who set up the Coyotes' first three goals.

"Repo's a very valuable player on our team," Francis said, referring to Numminen by his nickname. "He logs a lot of minutes, he has great awareness on the ice and he's good at both ends."