Anze Kopitar's 400th career goal helped the Kings continue their success as the visitors and did so by defeating the NHL's top team at T Mobile Arena. Los Angeles joined rare company in NHL history in the process with their seventh straight road win to start the season. Tim Sttzle continued to leave his mark in the "Battle of Ontario" by collecting his fifth career four point game and boosting his career points per game in the history of the rivalry to 1. 00 in 18 contests. Thursday features an ESPN+ and Hulu doubleheader, which opens at 7:30 p. m. ET when Joe Pavelski and the Stars visit Adam Fantilli and the Blue Jackets and closes at 10:30 p. m. ET when Tomas Hertl and the Sharks host Leon Draisaitl and the Oilers Dakota Mermis Jersey. The 11 game slate also includes Quinn Hughes and the Canucks looking to earn their 10th win of the season, Rangers forward Artemi Panarin putting his lengthy campaign opening point streak on the line as well as Blackhawks forward Connor Bedard playing his first head to head contest with Lightning captain and fellow No. 1 pick Steven Stamkos. KOPITAR'S MILESTONE NIGHT HELPS KINGS CONQUER NHL'S TOP TEAMAnze Kopitar's 400th career goal was one of his team's four tallies Wednesday night and Cam Talbot 37 saves secured his NHL best seventh victory of the season tied as the Kings 8 2 2, 18 points captured their seventh consecutive road win to start 2023 24 en route to conquering the League leading Golden Knights 11 2 1, 23 points. Kopitar joined Alex Ovechkin 824 w WSH , Sidney Crosby 556 w PIT , Steven Stamkos 519 w TBL and Evgeni Malkin 478 w PIT as the fifth active player under contract with a team to score at least 400 goals with the franchise that drafted them. Of note, Patrick Kane scored 446 goals with Chicago. In addition to becoming the franchise leader in games played earlier this season, the captain's 1 1 2 performance helped him become the fourth player in franchise history to score 400 career goals, move into a tie with Luc Robitaille 557 597 1,154 for the second most points in Kings history and move within three assists of matching Marcel Dionne's franchise record 757. STTZLE LIFTS SENATORS TO VICTORY IN "BATTLE OF ONTARIO"Tim Sttzle racked up 1 3 4, including a goal and an assist in a three goal third period for Ottawa, to help the Senators 5 6 0, 10 points defeat the Maple Leafs in this season's first rendition of the "Battle of Ontario. " Ottawa's six goal performance boosted their goals per game rate in 2023 24 to 4. 00 excluding shootout deciding goals , the third highest among all teams behind Vancouver 4. 50 G GP and Los Angeles 4. 25 G GP https://www.wildprostore.com/ryan-hartman-jersey. With 7 11 18 in 18 career games versus Toronto, Sttzle is one of only five players in Senators history to average at least a point per game in the "Battle of Ontario" min. 15 GP. The others: Mark Stone 30 in 21 GP; 1. 43 P GP , Dany Heatley 40 in 29 GP; 1. 38 P GP , Alexei Yashin 19 in 17 GP; 1. 12 P GP and Jason Spezza 56 in 56 GP; 1. 00 P GP. The 21 year old notched his second three assist outing of 2023 24, joining Quinn Hughes 4 GP , Jack Hughes 3 GP , Mitchell Marner 2 GP , Jesper Bratt 2 GP and Elias Pettersson 2 GP as the sixth player with multiple such performances this season, while also placing himself on an exclusive list among all active skaters with his fifth career four point game. REINHART ENDS IT EARLY IN OVERTIME FOR FLORIDAAleksander Barkov 1 1 2 scored Florida's second goal of the game to extend his lengthy point streak against the Capitals but it was Sam Reinhart 1 1 2 who played the role of hero to help the Panthers 7 4 1, 15 points claim their second overtime win in three days Jonas Brodin Jersey. Four of Florida's seven victories have come by a one goal margin this season, one shy of Carolina and Dallas both w 5 for the most among all teams in 2023 24. Reinhart netted his ninth goal of the seasonmore than double that of any other teammate. Pavel Bure 1998 99: 13 in 11 GP is the only other player in Panthers history with as many tallies through their first 12 games of a campaign. Notes like these and more can found in the latest edition of #NHLStats: Live Updates. QUICK CLICKS Charlie McAvoy's four game suspension upheld; Ross Colton fined for cross checking Calen Addison traded to Sharks by Wild for Adam Raska, draft pick Cory Schneider and Alexa Landestoy join NHL Network's on air lineup Technology, fan engagement at forefront of NHL panel discussion Tickets to 2024 Hyundai NHL Fan Fair in Toronto now available for purchaseTHURSDAY HIGHLIGHTED BY STARS BLUE JACKETS, OILERS SHARKS ON ESPN+, HULUAn 11 game Thursday slate is highlighted by an ESPN+ and Hulu doubleheader, which features the Stars visiting the Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena as well as the Sharks hosting the Oilers at SAP Center. Stars forward Joe Pavelski 454 558 1,012 in 1,261 GP shares the team lead with 11 points this season and needs one to tie Pat LaFontaine 468 545 1,013 in 865 GP for ninth place on the League's all time list among U. S. born players. Pavelski also needs one goal to tie Theo Fleury 455 633 1,088 in 1,084 GP for the third most in League history among players selected in the seventh round of the NHL Draft or later. Oilers forward Leon Draisaitl 311 447 758 in 649 GP has a team leading five goals this season and needs two to tie former Edmonton forward Petr Klima 313 260 573 in 786 GP for 40th place on the League's all time list among players born outside North America. Draisaitl is also set to skate in the 650th game of his NHL career Thursday.

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