Although every other NHL team has scored more goals than the Los Angeles Kings this season, they’re still in a first-place tie in the Pacific Division.

One of the captains in the upcoming All-Star game, the Senators' Daniel Alfredsson, ruined Jonathan Quick's shutout bid with a power-play goal at 8:37 of the third period.

The way things have been going for the Kings of late on offense, getting a second goal is something to celebrate. Four goals? That’s a scoring blizzard. Give the Kings credit for not letting up after the second goal. They were playing good defense, and as usual, Jonathan Quick was solid in goal, but the Kings did not go into a defensive shell. They kept pushing and drew a couple penalties, then took advantage of them as they scored a 5-on-3 goal. The clinching goal came in the final minute, as the Kings crashed the net and drew a penalty shot -- albeit thanks to a highly questionable call -- and Trevor Lewis converted with a goal.

Ottawa suffered consecutive regulation losses for the first time since Nov.9-11 and fell to 1-11-1 all-time in Los Angeles. The Senators' only win here came in January of 2000.

The Los Angeles Kings got the strong start they were hoping for. Their finish was pretty good, too. Justin Williams and Mike Richards scored in a shootout Tuesday night and Los Angeles beat Vancouver 3-2 to hand the Canucks a second straight home loss.

The Kings, who haven't defeated Vancouver in regulation in their last seven games at Rogers Arena, improved to 8-1-5 under Coach Darryl Sutter, who replaced the fired Terry Murray.

The Kings were playing their third game in four nights. The Canucks had been stewing at home for 48 hours, upset after their tepid loss to Anaheim on Sunday. The Canucks had a first-period goal differential of plus-24, while the Kings were minus-13. If the Kings could somehow get some momentum early, and take the lead into the first intermission, they had a puncher’s chance. That’s exactly what happened.