Postgame notes (3/9)

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-- The Kings passed St. Louis for 12th place in the Western Conference and are three points out of the three-way tie for seventh place, although they trail all of the teams ahead of them in wins. The Kings are two points behind 10th place Minnesota and one point behind the 11th-place Ducks.

-- The Kings earned their 67th point tonight (Last season they finished with 71 points. They finished with 68 points in 2006-07).

-- Teddy Purcell, with two assists tonight, extended his point streak to a career-high five games (2-4=6).

-- Jarret Stoll (two goals tonight) had his seventh career two-goal game (no career hat tricks) and his second two-goal game of the season. He also won 14 of 20 faceoffs tonight and had a team-high five shots on goal.

-- Anze Kopitar (one assist tonight) extended his point streak to five games (4-4=8). Kopitar led all Kings forwards in ice time at 21:07.

-- Kyle Quincey (one assist tonight) now has a career-high four-game assist and point streak (1-4=5).

-- Alexander Frolov (one assist tonight) now has a four-game point streak (1-5=6).

-- The Kings are 19-for-66 on the power play in their last 13 games (28.8 percent). They've scored a power-play goal in 19 of their last 22 games. The Kings were 2-for-6 on the power play and 4-for-4 on the penalty kill.

-- It's the fourth time this season the Kings have won three games in a row. They have a chance to match their season-best four-game winning streak (accomplished twice this season) Friday at Vancouver.

-- It's the 14th time in Kings history they've swept a three-game homestand (last was Jan. 30 to Feb. 7, 2003).

-- Shots were even, 22-22.

-- Matt Greene led the Kings in ice time, at 21:39, and was out there at the end when he blocked a shot with the side of his head in the final minutes. Greene skated off after the horn, albeit a little bloody.

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dmh012 said:

Good win. Needed these pts big time. Fro benched again. He has to get the puck out in those situations, then again he went to the corner to help out. Seemed to me the whole team could not get the puck out in the third, but you can not bench everyone. Fro will play great the rest of the year after this game. Keep it up Kings, starting to smell playoffs again.

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