Kopitar is the 25th player in League history to play in 1,500 games, the ninth to appear in that many games for one franchise, and the fifth born outside of North America to reach the milestone.<\/p>\n
He also has 1,303 career points (446 goals, 857 assists), four away from tying Marcel Dionne for the Kings’ franchise record.<\/p>\n
\u201cLike I said, I\u2019m very honored to be a part of this team, this organization for this long,\u201d Kopitar said. \u201cObviously, we had some thin years, some winning years, so it\u2019s been good so far. And I\u2019m looking forward to playing out these 22, 20, whatever games we got left, and we\u2019ll see where that takes us.\u201d<\/p>\n
Samuel Helenius<\/a> made it 2-0 at 14:20 of the second period. He checked Carson Soucy<\/a>\u00a0along the boards below the goal line to help force a turnover before scoring his fourth goal of the season on a wrist shot from the left circle.<\/p>\n \u201cThe fourth line there, the dogs, they just forecheck and forecheck and forecheck, and they work,\u201d Smith said.<\/p>\n The Kings extended their lead to 3-0 at 15:51 when Anderson scored through traffic with a slap shot from above the left circle.<\/p>\n