Kings Notes:
Defenseman Vladislav Gavrikov has seven points (1-6=7) in eight career games against the Canucks. Overall, Gavrikov enters tonight with three points (1-2=3) over his last four games.
On Saturday, Viktor Arvidsson scored his second career birthday goal (Apr. 8, 2021 at DET), becoming the third Kings skaters this season to score on their birthday (Phillip Danault on Feb. 24, 2023 at NYI; Carl Grundstrom on Dec. 1, 2022 vs. ARI). The only time the Kings had three birthday goals in a single season was in 2001-02: Éric Bélanger on Dec. 16, 2001; Bryan Smolinski on Dec. 27, 2001; Jaroslav Modrý on Feb. 27, 2002. Arvidsson is the seventh different Kings skater to score a birthday goal in the last 20 years and 25th to do so in franchise history:
There are currently eight different Kings forwards with at least 30 points this season. The last season to feature at least eight Kings forwards with 30 or more points was in 1995-96 (9): Tony Granato (35), Wayne Gretzky (81), Dmitri Khristich (64), Jari Kurri (40), Eric Lacroix (32), Yanic Perreault (49), Rick Tocchet (36), Kevin Todd (43) and Vitali Yachmenev (53).
Forward Adrian Kempe scored his 37th and 38th goals of the season Saturday for his ninth multi-goal outing of the season and 21st of his career. The last King skater to tally as many goals (38) or multi-goal efforts (9) in a single season was Ziggy Palffy in 2000-01. Kempe's 21 multi-goal performances are the most by any Kings skater since his debut NHL season in 2016-17. The last Kings player with more goals or multi-goal games in a single season was Luc Robitaille (39G in 1998-99; 14 multi-goal games in 1992-93).
Sean Durzi's 8.5% shooting percentage places eighth in the league among all blueliners (min. GP: 70).
The Kings power play ranks 4th in the NHL (25.4%).
The Kings penalty kill ranks 25th in the NHL (75.5%).
The Kings are 4th in faceoff win percentage (53.2%).
Canucks Notes:
The Canucks are 8-1-1 in their last 10 games against Los Angeles (3-1-1 in their last five).
Thatcher Demko is 4-1-0 in five career games against the Kings with a 1.56 GAA and .953 SV%.
The Canucks power play ranks 12th in the NHL (22.1%).
The Canucks penalty kill ranks 32nd in the NHL (70.9%).
The Canucks are 18th in faceoff win percentage (49.6%).
Who to Watch:
Elias Pettersson, who has 19 points (8-11=19) in 13 career games against the Kings and Brock Boeser, who has 19 points (14-5=19) in 15 career games against the Kings.
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