Brown will become the 317th player to reach the milestone and fourth this season, joining Rick Nash of the New York Rangers, Antoine Vermette of the Anaheim Ducks and Kings teammate Marian Gaborik. Brown will be the 30th player to reach 1,000 games and spend his entire NHL career with one organization. The Avalanche are 4-2-0 since a four-game losing streak (0-4-0) from Dec. 1-7.
Players to watch
Avalanche defenseman Tyson Barrie scored two goals in a 4-2 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday. He has six points (two goals, four assists) during a three-game point streak. Kings center Anze Kopitar has 14 points (seven goals, seven assists) in his past 11 games.
They said it
"As a group, I mean, when you're winning it's so much easier to have fun. When you keep losing it's just a dark cloud over you." -- Avalanche forward Gabriel Landeskog "One thousand games is a pretty big feat, but the fact that I've probably played 800 of those or so with two or three of these guys in this room I think is a testament to the type of team we've had here for the last decade." -- Kings forward Dustin Brown on playing in his 1,000th NHL game
Johnson will serve the final game of a two-game suspension for boarding against Tampa Bay Lightning forward Vladislav Namestnikov on Saturday. ... The Kings called up Gravel from Ontario of the American Hockey League on Wednesday after placing Folin on injured reserve Tuesday. Folin was hurt during the first period of the Kings' 4-1 win against the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday.
Stat pack
MacKinnon leads the NHL with 31 points (12 goals, 19 assists) in 22 games since Nov. 1. … The Kings are going for their fifth straight home win, which would be their longest streak since they won six in a row from Nov. 3-26, 2016.
