March 9 postgame notes

-With the win, Los Angeles improved to 71-79-38 all-time against Edmonton, a record that includes a road mark of 34-43-17. The Kings are 14-1-4 in the last 19 games against the Oilers and 9-0-2 in their last 11 games at Rexall place. The teams will conclude the season series on April 10, 2014 in Edmonton, the 81st game of the season for both teams.

-The Kings have won seven games in a row, the longest winning streak since a franchise record nine-game winning streak between January 21 and February 6, 2010 and the fourth-longest streak in club history. Los Angeles has outscored its opponents 22-10 during the streak.

-The Kings have out-shot the Oilers 138-69 in three games this season.

-Darryl Sutter won his 498th career game, passing Glen Sather for 19th place on the NHL’s all-time wins list. He trails Terry Murray (499) by one win, Toe Blake (500) by two wins, and Pat Burns (501) by three wins. With 1,022 games coached, he trails his brother Brian Sutter (1,028) by six games for 17th place on the NHL’s all-time regular season games coached list.

In his 21 games since returning from injury, Jonathan Quick is 11-8-2 with a 1.76 goals-against average, .926 save percentage and three shutouts (1224:13 minutes, 36 goals against, 451-487 shots). With 170 career wins, he is one win behind Rogie Vachon’s club record 171 wins in a Kings uniform.

-The Kings’ power play has goals in four consecutive games for the first time since October 19 through December 7. Los Angeles’ power play is 5-for-19 over the last six games.

-The Kings have killed off 15 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 20-0-0 when leading after two periods and 125-1-11 when leading after two periods, dating back to April 4, 2009.

-Alec Martinez has a four game point streak (3-1=4), goals in three out of four games, and set a career high with his seventh goal of the season. He finished with a game-high four blocked shots.

-Dustin Brown has six points in the last six games (2-4=6).

-Jeff Carter has 13 points (9-4=13) and a plus-7 rating in 11 career games against Edmonton.

-Los Angeles registered 78 attempted shots, 50 of which found the net. Edmonton registered 56 attempted shots, 27 of which found the net.

-Jake Muzzin finished with a game-high seven shots on goal. He did not have a shot blocked and missed the net once.

-Drew Doughty, Mike Richards and Jeff Carter all finished with five shots on goal.

-In the last seven games, Robyn Regehr has two goals, four points, and a plus-nine rating.

-The Kings blocked 17 shots; the Oilers blocked 14 shots.

-Los Angeles won 30-of-58 faceoffs (52%). Among regular performers, Mike Richards won 5-of-12, Anze Kopitar won 7-of-14, Trevor Lewis won 4-of-7, Jarret Stoll won 8-of-13, and Jeff Carter won 6-of-12.

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