LOS ANGELES CA - OCTOBER 30: (L-R) Jake Muzzin #6 Jarret Stoll #28 and Dustin Brown #23 of the Los Angeles Kings celebrate their teams victory over the New Jersey Devils at Staples Center on October 30 2010 in Los Angeles California. The Kings defeated the Devils 3-1. (Photo by Jeff Gross/Getty Images)
- Last season, we played a little game called "[x] points in [y] games, how good is that?" I'm going to incorporate that into the recaps starting now.
- With last night's win, the Kings are 8-3-0, 16 points in 11 games. That is the third best start in franchise history, behind 1980 (9-1-1, 19 points) and 1990 (8-2-1, 17 points), and equal to 1974 (6-1-4, 16 points).
- The Kings are one win ahead of last year's record (7-4-0, 14 points).
- The Kings are on pace for 119 points, so if you're expecting them to stay this hot all year, it's possible I guess, but not likely. (Remember, 105 points is franchise-best.)
- The Kings are 4-1 with Doughty, and 4-2 without Doughty.
- Smyth continued his new policy of only scoring points at Staples.
- Ilya Kovalchuk, 2 shots, no points.
- Jonathan Quick is 1st in the league in wins (7), fourth in GAA (1.84, behind Tim Thomas, Jaroslav Halak and Brent Johnson), and third in SV% (.936, behind Thomas and Johnson).
- For those of you keeping track, Jonathan Bernier greeted Quick warmly in the post-win huddle of joy. They exchanged a laugh and conversed for approximately four strides before parting. The exchange is currently under video review.
- I'm not embarrassed to say that when I saw Ian Laperriere in a Kings jersey, I got teary-eyed.
- Below is a chart showing the Kings goals, assists and points through 11 games, with the numbers prorated to a full 82 game schedule.
| G | A | P | G82 | A82 | P82 | |
| Justin Williams | 5 | 6 | 11 | 37 | 45 | 82 |
| Jarret Stoll | 4 | 6 | 10 | 30 | 45 | 75 |
| Anze Kopitar | 3 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 45 | 67 |
| Jack Johnson | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 60 | 60 |
| Dustin Brown | 5 | 2 | 7 | 37 | 15 | 52 |
| Ryan Smyth | 3 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 30 | 52 |
| Wayne Simmonds | 3 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 45 |
| Michal Handzus | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 37 |
| Willie Mitchell | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 37 |
| Brad Richardson | 3 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 7 | 30 |
| Alexei Ponikarovsky | 2 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 30 |
| Andrei Loktionov | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 23 |
| Davis Drewiske | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 22 |
| Brayden Schenn | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 21 |
| Peter Harrold | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 21 |
| Drew Doughty | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| Rob Scuderi | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| Jake Muzzin | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Matt Greene | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor Lewis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Westgarth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Clifford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 243 |
- The Kings now have four days of rest. I hate rest.
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