Doughty became the 359th player in NHL history to reach the league-recognized milestone on Jan. 27 in a 3-2 win over the New York Islanders. A two-time Stanley Cup champion, Doughty was the 12th player to skate in at least 1,000 games with one franchise and miss fewer than 40 games from his first to his 1,000th. He was just the fifth player in franchise history to appear in 1,000 NHL games with the team and the 24th player to accomplish the feat in a Kings uniform.
Now in his 14th NHL season, all with the Kings, Doughty has 560 career points (130-430=557) in 1,003 career regular-season games. Among franchise defensemen, Doughty leads in games played, assists and points. Overall, he ranks seventh in assists and ninth in points.
Among his accolades the London, Ontario native has won a Norris Trophy (2015-16), earned First-Team All-Star honors twice (2015-16, 2017-18), been a Second-Team All-Star on two occasions (2009-10, 2014-15) and named to the NHL All-Rookie First-Team (2008-09). Internationally, he has won two Gold Medals with Team Canada (2010, 2014), won an IIHF World Junior Championship Gold Medal (2008) and a World Cup of Hockey Gold Medal (2016).
Tomorrow is the first game for the Kings since the NHL All-Star Break, following a successful six-game road trip in which the team went 4-0-2 and earned 10 out of 12 points. It was originally scheduled to be played on Dec. 22 and is one of three dates that have been rescheduled by the NHL, including makeup games on Feb. 18 at the Vegas Golden Knights and Feb. 19 at the Arizona Coyotes.
