December 6 postgame notes

-With the win, Los Angeles improved to 13-16-4 all-time against Tampa Bay, a record that includes a home mark of 5-10-2. The Kings won their fourth straight home game in the series and are 7-1-1 overall in their last nine games against the Lightning. Los Angeles finished the season series with a 1-0-1 record against Tampa Bay.

-With the win, the Kings improved to 7-3-1 against the Eastern Conference and 3-1-1 against the Atlantic Division. Sunday’s game marked the second of eight consecutive games against the Eastern Conference. Thus far, the Kings are 2-0-0 (W vs PIT, W vs TBL, 12/8 @CBJ, 12/11 @ PIT, 12/12 @ BUF, 12/14 @ OTT, 12/17 @ MTL, 12/19 @ TOR).

-With the win, the Kings surpassed 800 points under President / General Manager Dean Lombardi’s tenure. Lombardi is the first Los Angeles General Manager to guide the team to 800 points (355-284-91 / 801 points).

-The Kings have won four straight games and have points in six straight. They won their sixth consecutive game at Staples Center, dating back to a 3-2 loss to Arizona on November 10. The six-game home winning streak is the longest by the club this season (longest since October 12-26, 2014; 6-0-0) and is tied for the second longest in the league this year.

-Los Angeles posted the eighth perfect home stand of at least four games in club history. The Kings have one 6-0-0 home stand, two 5-0-0 home stands and now five 4-0-0 home stands.

-Los Angeles has killed off seven-of-eight five-on-three power plays (87.5%) against them this season.

-Anze Kopitar tallied his 400th career NHL assist, becoming the sixth Kings player to reach 400 assists in his career. He has points in four straight games (1-4=5) and nine points (3-6=9) in the last eight games. Kopitar has logged at least 23 minutes in three straight games.

-Jeff Carter lengthened his point streak to six games (1-5=6), tying the longest by a King this season (Toffoli, November 7-20). He is also on a three-game assist streak (0-3=3).

-Milan Lucic scored his 10th goal of the season and now has three goals (3-0=3) in the last two games and six points (4-2=6) in the last six games.

-Brayden McNabb recorded his first multi-point game of the season, tying his career-high with two points (seventh time; last: March 10, 2015 at Colorado). His goal was the fourth of his career and second career game-winning goal.

-Drew Doughty has points in three straight games (2-2=4) and leads the team with 12 assists. With 30:58 of ice time, he recorded his fourth game of at least 30 minutes of usage this season. All four games have occurred since November 23, and he hasn’t been held under 29 minutes since then.

-Los Angeles attempted 54 shots (28 on goal, 13 blocked, 13 missed). Tampa Bay attempted 45 shots (25 on goal, 12 blocked, 8 missed). Jonathan Marchessault led all skaters with five shots on goal, while Jake Muzzin led all skaters with seven shot attempts (3 on goal, 2 blocked, 2 missed).

-The Kings won 33-of-64 faceoffs (52%). Among regular performers, Anze Kopitar won 17-of-30, Jordan Weal won 4-of-5, Nick Shore won 4-of-12 and Jeff Carter won 6-of-12.

The Kings travel to Columbus on Monday and are not scheduled to practice at Toyota Sports Center.

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