Viktor Arvidsson had two goals, and the Kings matched the longest point streak in franchise history with a 4-1 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday afternoon at Crypto.com Arena.
Drew Doughty had a goal and an assist and Alex Iafallo scored a power-play goal for the Kings, who have scored points for the fourth time in 11 straight games. The last appearance was in 2013-14, when the Kings won their second Stanley Cup.
Joonas Korpisalo stopped 25 shots for the Royals (42-20-10).
Pierre-Luc Dubois scored for Winnipeg (41-30-3), and Connor Hellebuyck made 25 saves.
Arvidsson — who has 22 goals on the season — has scored four goals in his last four games, while Doughty has found the net four times in his last five games.
Kings goalkeeper Joonas Korpisalo stops a shot in the first period. He finished with 25 saves.
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Arvidsson’s first goal came 82 seconds into the game. Trevor Moore won in the attacking zone and made a back pass to Arvidsson, who put it into the net from the back of the left face circle.
Arvidsson also missed a goal late in the third period.
The Kings increased their lead to 2-0 five minutes into the second half on the power play. Phillip Danault made a great pass between Jets defenseman Brenden Dillon and Hellebuyck as Iafallo buried the puck into the short side of the net.
Doughty made it 3-1 27 seconds into the third period with a wrist shot just outside the right faceoff circle near the boards after Anze Kopitar won a faceoff.
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Winnipeg scored its first goal in seven games with 1:23 left in the second period when Dubois took a cross pass from Kyle Connor and scored from the left faceoff circle to put the Jets within 2-1.
The Jets got a five-minute power play after the Kings’ Blake Lizotte received a five-minute game penalty for a vicious crosscheck on Josh Morrissey’s face. The goal came with 33 seconds remaining on the man advantage.
Notes
Danault had his 300th career point and 200th assist. … Winnipeg’s Connor tied the high for most assists in a season with his 47th on Dubois’ goal.
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Jets: Travel to San Jose Sharks on Tuesday.
Kings: Host the St. Louis Blues on Sunday.