March 26 postgame notes

-With the win, Los Angeles improved to 80-80-39 all-time against Edmonton, a record that includes a home mark of 42-36-21. The Kings swept a season series against the Oilers of at least five games for the first time in franchise history, which marked the third overall season sweep in the last six years, having swept the series in 2010-11 and 2013-14. Los Angeles has won nine in a row at home against Edmonton and is 20-2-3 overall in the series over the last 25 games.

-With the win, the Kings improved to 25-16-2 against the Western Conference and 15-9-0 against the Pacific Division.

-Milan Lucic (0-3=3) tied his career-high for assists in a single game (fifth time; last: October 21, 2014 versus San Jose w/Boston).

-Tyler Toffoli (2-2=4) scored his team-leading 29th goal of the season, recorded his 10th multi-point game of the season and his fifth multi-goal game. He totaled four points in a game for the third time in his career and the first time since February 12, 2015 against Calgary. With a +4 rating, Toffoli leapfrogged Anze Kopitar and Chris Kunitz and now leads the league with a +33 rating.

-Jeff Carter (2-1=3) scored his 20th goal of the season, has points in each of the last two games (2-2=4) and reached the 20-goal plateau for the eighth consecutive season and ninth time in 10 seasons. He has 17 goals and 26 points in 21 career games against the Oilers.

-Drew Doughty didn’t score, though in 30 games since January 24, he has seven goals, 24 points and a +11 rating. He appeared in his 599th career game. His 23:37 of ice time was his third lowest total of the season and his lowest haul since logging 22:58 in a 4-1 win versus Florida on November 7.

-Trevor Lewis scored the fourth shorthanded goal of his career and his first since November 4, 2014 at Dallas. Los Angeles has scored five shorthanded goals this season, all coming from different players (Lewis, Kopitar, Carter, Doughty, Toffoli). He has scored on shorthanded goal in each of the last four seasons to account for four total in his career. The goal was his first game-winning goal of the season and 10th of his career.

-Jonathan Quick registered his career-high third assist of the season. He also recorded the first shorthanded point by a Kings goalie since his own on January 29, 2009 versus Chicago. Via Elias Sports Bureau, it was the ninth shorthanded point by a goalie in franchise history.

-Los Angeles attempted 61 shots (33 on goal, 10 blocked, 18 missed). Edmonton attempted 48 shots (29 on goal, 11 blocked, 8 missed). Jordan Eberle led all skaters with seven shots on goal and nine shot attempts (7 on goal, 1 blocked, 1 missed).

-The Kings won 26-of-58 faceoffs (45%). Among regular performers, Anze Kopitar won 15-of-22, Andy Andreoff 0-of-1, Trevor Lewis won 0-of-3, Vincent Lecavalier won 1-of-6, Nic Dowd won 4-of-6 and Jeff Carter won 6-of-19.

The Kings have scheduled an optional practice on Sunday, March 27 at 12:00 p.m. at Toyota Sports Center.

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