January 2 postgame notes

-With the win, Los Angeles improved to 43-83-17 all-time against Philadelphia, a record that includes a home mark of 23-42-8. The Kings won their first home game in the series since January 3, 2009 and swept a two-game season series for the first time since the two teams entered the league in 1967-68.

-By winning its fifth consecutive game, Los Angeles guaranteed that it will have a 12-point lead in the Pacific Division at the end of all the games today, marking the largest division lead in franchise history (courtesy Elias Sports Bureau).

-The Kings have power play goals in five straight games and are 6-for-15 over that stretch. They are also 13-for-14 on the penalty kill over the last four games.

-With his assist on Drew Doughty’s goal, Jake Muzzin (0-1=1) registered the 100th point of his NHL career (26-74=100).

-Jonathan Quick is 13-2-1 with a 1.75 goals-against average and a .936 save percentage (996:44 minutes / 452 SA / 423 SV) over his last 15 games, dating back to the 3-1 win at Florida on November 23.

-Anze Kopitar (0-1=1) extended his assist streak to a season-long five games 91-8=9). It is the longest assist- treak by a King since Kopitar’s assist streak from March 12-19, 2013 (1-5=6).

-Drew Doughty (1-0=1) scored his sixth power-play goal of the season, tied for the team-lead. He has five points (2-3=5) in the last five games.

-Tyler Toffoli’s five-game point streak was snapped.

-Los Angeles attempted 55 shots (32 on goal, 13 blocked, 10 missed). Philadelphia attempted 56 shots (30 on goal, 15 blocked, 11 missed). Claude Giroux led all skaters with six shots on goal, while he (6 shots, 1 blocked, 1 missed) and Jake Muzzin (5 shots, 2 blocked, 1 missed) led all skaters with eight shot attempts.

-The Kings won 31-of-35 faceoffs. Among regular contributors, Anze Kopitar won 10-of-22, Andy Andreoff won 2-of-4, Nick Shore won 9-of-16 and Trevor Lewis won 10-of-22.

The Kings are scheduled to hold an optional practice at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday, January 3 at Toyota Sports Center before departing for Colorado.

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