March 11 postgame notes

-With the win, Los Angeles improved to 58-35-15 all-time against Washington, a record that includes a home mark of 34-14-7. The Kings have won seven home games in a row in the series since a 3-2 loss on December 14, 2005. The two teams split this year’s season series, with each team winning on home ice. Los Angeles has two games remaining against the Eastern Conference: March 16 versus Buffalo and March 25 versus the New York Rangers.

-The Kings improved to 14-14-2 against the Eastern Conference, 9-5-1 against the Metropolitan Division, 5-6 in two-goal games, 14-23-2 when their opponent scores first, 12-9-1 when tied after one period, 12-3-4 when tied after two periods and 25-19-2 when outshooting their opponent.

-Los Angeles has scored eight power play goals over the last five games, going 9-for-19 (47.4%). The five-game power play goal streak is the longest since December 26, 2015-January 4, 2016 (six games). This is the first time the Kings have scored multiple power play goals in three straight games since December 18-27, 2014 (four-game streak).

-By killing off two of three Washington power plays, Los Angeles has killed off 50 of their last 53 shorthanded situations since John Tavares’ power play empty net goal on January 21 at Barclays Center. The 94.3% success rate over the last 21 games is the best in the NHL over that span, though the team’s overall percentage fell to 84.9%, which ranks fourth in the league. The three power play goals recorded against the Kings over this span were scored by Brendan Perlini, David Pastrnak and Jakub Vrana.

-Adrian Kempe (1-0=1) scored his first NHL goal in his 11th career game. The last King to have his first career goal be the game-winning goal was Andy Andreoff, who scored on Arizona’s Mike Smith on March 16, 2015 vs. ARI (courtesy Elias Sports Bureau).

-Alec Martinez (0-2=2) registered his sixth multi-point game of the season, most amongst Los Angeles defensemen. He has assists in four straight games (1-5=6 total), which ties a career-long.

-Jonathan Quick has not lost a regulation game since returning from a 59-game absence, going 4-0-1.

-Anze Kopitar (1-1=2) has seven points (3-4=7) over the last seven games.

-By playing in his 673rd career game, Drew Doughty tied Mike Murphy for ninth place on the Kings’ all-time games played list.

-By playing in his 1,539th career game, Jarome Iginla moved within one game of Johnny Bucyk (1,540 games) for 13th place on the NHL’s all-time games played list.

-Los Angeles attempted 41 shots (22 on goal, 10 blocked, 9 missed). Washington attempted 48 shots (19 on goal, 13 blocked, 16 missed). Alex Ovechkin led all skaters with six shots on goal and 15 shot attempts (6 on goal, 3 blocked, 6 missed). Anze Kopitar, Tanner Pearson and Jeff Carter finished tied with a team-high three shots on goal.

-The Kings won 27-of-59 faceoffs (46%). Anze Kopitar won 10-of-19, Andy Andreoff won 1-of-1, Trevor Lewis won 1-of-2, Nic Dowd won 1-of-5, Adrian Kempe won 6-of-13, Jeff Carter won 8-of-18 and Jarome Iginla won 1-of-1.

The Kings are scheduled to practice at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday, March 12. There is a chance that this will be an optional practice.