Smiles out for Kopitar as he breaks Kings games played record

Anze Kopitar became the Los Angeles Kings franchise leader in games played on Saturday and the previous record holder had a special message for him: You're old.

Former Kings forward Dustin Brown recorded a special message for Kopitar, who broke Brown's record Saturday night against the Boston Bruins by appearing in his 1,297th game for the team.

After a sincere congratulations from Brown at first, Kopitar's former teammate had a funny and pretty accurate observation.

"Two things need to happen for this type of record to be broken," Brown said. "First and foremost is you're one hell of a player and everyone knows that. And the second this is: you're old."

Kopitar also had a pretty good smile before the game when his son Jakob read the starting lineup in the locker room.

Jakob sported a shirt that of course had No. 11 on the back, but the front said "My dad is my hero."