{"id":220618,"date":"2026-03-15T09:55:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T09:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/220618\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T09:55:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T09:55:23","slug":"anze-kopitar-passes-dionne-to-become-kings-all-time-leading-scorer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/220618\/","title":{"rendered":"Anze Kopitar passes Dionne to become Kings’ all-time leading scorer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Anze Kopitar<\/a> became the Kings<\/a>\u2019 all-time leading scorer on Saturday, passing Hall of Famer Marcel Dionne<\/a> with a third-period goal in a 6-4 loss<\/a> to the New Jersey Devils at Prudential Center.<\/p>\n

Kopitar, who said he will retire at the end of the season<\/a>, has 1,308 points \u2014 one better than the 1,307 points Dionne had in his 12 seasons with the Kings from 1975 to 1987.<\/p>\n

Kopitar, 38, has a franchise-best 858 assists. With 450 career goals, he trails only Luc Robitaille (557) and Dionne (550) on the team\u2019s all-time list.<\/p>\n

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Anze Kopitar scores against the New Jersey Devils to become the Kings\u2019 all-time leading scorer.<\/p>\n

The Kings captain tied Dionne\u2019s mark on a power-play goal in the second period against the Devils. He broke the record on his 10th goal of the season, tying the score 4-4 with 6:18 left in the third period.<\/p>\n

New Jersey\u2019s Jack Hughes scored about four minutes later to put the Devils back into the lead before Timo Meier put the game away with an empty-net goal in the final seconds.<\/p>\n

Artemi Panarin and Taylor Ward also scored for the Kings (27-24-15), who are battling the San Jos\u00e9 Sharks, Seattle Kraken and the Nashville Predators for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference. The Kings fell out of the final wild-card spot Saturday after San Jos\u00e9\u2019s 4-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens.<\/p>\n

Kopitar ranks 38th in NHL scoring history and is one of nine players in league history to have played in 1,500 games with one team.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s amazing,\u201d Kings general manager Ken Holland said earlier this month. \u201cThe league\u2019s been around a hundred and something years. You\u2019re watching one of nine that played 1,500 games with one team. I think it speaks to his passion. It speaks to he does it right every day.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo play 1,500 games in the National Hockey League, lots of times when players get to a certain age the league starts to go by them because it gets hard. It\u2019s hard during the summer, all the sacrifices you have to make in the summertime. Going to the gym and family sacrifices.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe plays 200 feet. He plays a hard game. He\u2019s one of the premier two-way centermen of his time. First-ballot Hall of Famer. It\u2019s amazing what he\u2019s accomplished. It just speaks to his passion, determination, love of the game, sacrifices. He\u2019s an amazing player that the fans of the L.A. Kings have got to watch for a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kopitar, a Slovenian native, was selected 11th overall by the Kings in the 2005 NHL draft. He scored twice in his Kings debut a year later. A five-time All-Star, Kopitar won the Stanley Cup twice with the Kings in 2012 and 2014. He\u2019s also the longest-serving captain in franchise history.<\/p>\n

The Kings hope to make Kopitar\u2019s final season in Los Angeles a memorable one after four consecutive playoff losses to the Edmonton Oilers.<\/p>\n

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