January 30 postgame notes

-With the win, Los Angeles improved to 68-103-41 all-time against the Dallas franchise, a record that includes a 37-61-19 road mark. The Kings have now faced all 30 other NHL teams and have two games remaining against the Stars at Staples Center on February 22 and April 7, the final day of the regular season.

-With the win, Los Angeles improved to 11-12-4 against the Western Conference, 5-3-1 against the Central Division, 11-4 in three-goal games, 14-3-2 when scoring first, 9-3-2 when leading after the first period, 14-1-1 when leading after the second period and 13-7-2 when outshooting their opponent.

-The Kings scored the first goal in a game for the first time since the 4-3 loss at Calgary on January 4. The opposition had scored the game’s first goal in eight straight games prior to Tuesday’s win.

-With his second period power play goal, Drew Doughty scored the 100th goal of his career and surpassed Steve Duchesne (99 goals) for second place on the Kings’ all-time list of goals by a defenseman. With 398 career points, he is two points from 400 in his career. Though his assists streak was snapped at three games, he extended his points streak to four games (1-5=6).

-Dustin Brown tied a career-high with 11 shots on goal. The only other game in which he recorded 11 shots was a 5-4 shootout loss versus Edmonton on December 5, 2008. It was the third game in his career in which he reached double-digits in shots.

-Darcy Kuemper stopped all 28 shots to record his second shutout of the season and ninth career shutout. Over his last three games, he is 2-0 with a 0.75 goals-against average and a .973 save percentage (159:36 / 75 SA / 2 GA). His seven career wins against Dallas are the most he has recorded against any NHL team.

-Anze Kopitar extended his assists and points streak to six games (1-7=8). When he was on the ice against Jamie Benn, the Kings recorded 26 shot attempts for and 5 against, and when he was on the ice against Tyler Seguin and Alexander Radulov, they recorded 26 shot attempts for and 6 against. (via Natural Stat Trick)

-Jake Muzzin officially extended his points streak to six games (2-4=6). Because he recorded points in two consecutive games before missing three straight due to injury, he has personally recorded points in the last eight games he has played in.

-Paul LaDue scored his first career goal and first career game-winning goal in his 24th career game.

-Dan Hamhuis played in his 1,000th career NHL game.

-Los Angeles attempted 82 shots (42 on goal, 31 blocked, 9 missed). Dallas attempted 57 shots (28 on goal, 19 blocked, 10 missed). Dustin Brown led all skaters with 11 shots attempts, all of which were on goal.

-The Kings won 36-of-68 faceoffs (53%). Drew Doughty was credited won 0-of-1, Adrian Kempe won 6-of-10, Anze Kopitar won 19-of-29, Andy Andreoff won 0-of-2, Alex Iafallo won 0-of-1, Trevor Lewis won 1-of-4, Michael Amadio won 3-of-6, Tanner Pearson won 2-of-2 and Torrey Mitchell won 5-of-13.

-Lead photo via Glenn James/NHLI

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