March 6 postgame notes

-With the win, Los Angeles improved to 9-3-4 all-time against the Winnipeg/Atlanta franchise, numbers that include a road record of 4-3-2. The Kings are now 1-1-1 all-time at the MTS Centre. On March 29 the teams will meet at Staples Center for the first time since the Jets relocated from Atlanta.

-Los Angeles has won six straight games, outscoring their opponents 18-8.

-With the win, Darryl Sutter tied Glen Sather for 19th place on the NHL’s all-time coaching list with 497 career victories. He trails Terry Murray (499) by two wins, Toe Blake (500) by three wins, and Pat Burns (501) by four wins. With 1,021 games coached, he trails his brother Brian Sutter (1,028) for 17th place on the NHL’s all-time regular season games coached list. On Thursday he won the 497th game of his career and his 88th game with the Kings.

-In his 20 games since returning from injury, Jonathan Quick is 10-8-2 with a 1.75 goals-against average, .926 save percentage and three shutouts (1164:13 minutes, 34 goals against, 428-462 shots). With 169 career wins, he is two wins behind Rogie Vachon’s club record 171 wins in a Kings uniform.

-The Kings’ power play has goals in three consecutive games for the first time since scoring with the man advantage in wins at Montreal, Toronto and Ottawa on December 10, 11 and 14.

-Los Angeles has killed off 12 consecutive penalties. The last opponent to score a power play goal against the Kings was Colorado’s Andre Benoit, who scored during the second period of L.A.’s 6-4 win at the Pepsi Center on February 26.

-Los Angeles is 19-0-0 when leading after two periods and 124-1-11 when leading after two periods, dating back to April 4, 2009.

-Marian Gaborik logged 16:38 of ice time in his Kings debut. He took three shots, had two attempts blocked, and finished with a minus-1 rating. He logged 4:36 of power play time.

-Dustin Brown has five points in the last five games (2-3=5).

-Evander Kane finished with a game-high seven shots. The only other Winnipeg skater to record more than one shot on goal was Matt Halischuk, who recorded two. Jeff Carter led the Kings with five shots on goal. Tyler Toffoli, Jordan Nolan and Jarret Stoll were the only Kings who were held without a shot.

-Mark Stuart finished with a game-high seven blocked shots. Willie Mitchell led Los Angeles with five blocked shots.

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