Oct 25, 2000 

GOAL SCORING:

1ST PRD:  LOS - (PP) JOZEF STUMPEL 2 (LUC ROBITAILLE, ZIGMUND PALFFY) 10:17
                 ANA - PAUL KARIYA 3 (NICLAS HAVELID, OLEG TVERDOVSKY) 11:44
2ND PRD: LOS - BRYAN SMOLINSKI 2 (NELSON EMERSON) 0:15
                 LOS - NELSON EMERSON 3 (KELLY BUCHBERGER, JERE KARALAHTI) 3:33
                 LOS - STEVEN REINPRECHT 4 (GLEN MURRAY, ROB BLAKE) 8:43
3RD PRD: LOS - ROB BLAKE 4 (STEVEN REINPRECHT, LUC ROBITAILLE) 1:26
                 LOS - GLEN MURRAY 4 (LUC ROBITAILLE) 10:13
                 ANA - (PP) STEVE RUCCHIN 2 (TEEMU SELANNE, PAUL KARIYA) 16:51

POWER-PLAY CONVERSIONS: ANA - 1 OF 5, LOS - 1 OF 4.

SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
                                ---    ---    ---     -----
                ANA         3      6       9     18
                LOS         5     13     17     35

GOALIES: ANA - DOMINIC ROUSSEL, GUY HEBERT(8:43,2ND)
                 LOS - JAMIE STORR

OFFICIALS: REF - HEYER, LARUE
                    LIN - LAZAROWICH, SARTISON

ATT: 18,118 

Box Score

FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Los Angeles, Stumpel 2 (power play) (Robitaille, Palffy), 10:17. 2, Anaheim, P Kariya 3 (Havelid, Tverdovsky), 11:44. Penalties: Cullen, Ana (high sticking), 8:29; Havelid, Ana (slashing), 9:28; G Murray, L.A. (slashing), 18:00.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 3, Los Angeles, Smolinski 2 (Emerson), 0:15. 4, Los Angeles, Emerson 3 (Buchberger, Karalahti), 3:33. 5, Los Angeles, Reinprecht 4 (G Murray, R Blake), 8:43. Penalties: Nazarov, Ana (Obstr tripping), 10:11; Palffy, L.A. (tripping), 11:08.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 6, Los Angeles, R Blake 4 (Reinprecht, Robitaille), 1:26. 7, Los Angeles, G Murray 4 (Robitaille), 10:13. 8, Anaheim, Rucchin 2 (power play) (Selanne, P Kariya), 16:51. Penalties: Norstrom, L.A. (slashing), 3:51; Cummins, Ana (slashing), 6:41; Emerson, L.A. (tripping), 10:51; Visnovsky, L.A. (tripping), 15:26.

Shots on goal: --------------------------------- Anaheim 3 6 9--18 Los Angeles 5 13 17--35 ---------------------------------

Power-play Conversions: Ana - 1 of 5, Los - 1 of 4. Goalies: Anaheim, Roussel (13 shots, 9 saves; record: 1-1-1), G Hebert (8:43 of 2nd period, 22, 20). Los Angeles, Storr (18, 16; record: 4-2-1). A:18,118. Referees: Heyer, Larue. Linesmen: Lazarowich, Sartison. 

Luc Robitaille was feted before the game for reaching a pair of milestones, then recorded three assists to lead the Kings to a 6-2 rout of the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim.

Los Angeles has posted back-to-back wins for the first time season while taking both ends of the two-game set with Anaheim. On Monday, the Kings blew a two-goal deficit in the third period but took advantage of a power play in overtime and won, 5-4, on Ziggy Palffy's tally.

Robitaille set up Jozef Stumpel's power-play goal midway through the first period that opened the scoring and added two more assists in the third period on goals by defenseman Rob Blake and Glen Murray. He is among the league leaders this season with 15 points.

Before the game, he was recognized for reaching the 1,000-point mark in a Kings' uniform and the 600-assist mark in his career. Robitaille received a crystal bowl from NHL senior vice president of hockey operations Jim Gregory and a silver hockey stick from the team.

"As a hockey player, that's one of the great souvenirs of a career," Robitaille said. "I remember seeing Wayne Gretzky and Mark Messier getting those sticks. It's something I'll sure cherish for a long time."

Los Angeles blew open the game by scoring three times early in the second period for a 4-1 lead. Nelson Emerson set up Bryan Smolinski's tally 15 seconds into the session and scored his third of the season just over three minutes later before rookie Steve Reinprecht converted a rebound at 8:43.

"After the last game, we knew if we got off to a good start, it would be a big help, and we did," Robitaille said. "We weren't getting the goals early, but we kept going at them and usually if you do that, good things will happen and they finally happened."

Ducks defenseman Oleg Tverdovsky took responsibility for Smolinski's goal, admitting he did not pick up the Kings center.

"There's no excuse for this game," Tverdovsky said. "We played like we didn't care. We played all right in the first period and I made a mistake. And the guys stopped playing after they got their second goal. It's not acceptable."

Anaheim goaltender Dominic Roussel surrendered four goals on 13 shots before being pulled after Reinprecht's tally. Guy Hebert came on and made 20 saves.

"The goaltenders didn't have much to do with it tonight," Ducks coach Craig Hartsburg said. "Our whole team did not play the last 40 minutes. There's no excuses for that. I don't know if you could learn anything in a game like that. It's better to put it behind us and get ready for Friday."

The Kings lead the NHL with 44 goals.

"I feel badly for my coaching counterpart," Los Angeles' Andy Murray said. "We were just on the other side of a game like that in St. Louis. We had a solid effort from everybody. The bottom line of tonight's game is that we played well and they didn't have a very good night. They could play a lot better. I'm sure it will be a lot closer next time."

Overshadowed by the offensive output was the play of the Kings' defense. It limited Anaheim to three shots in the first period and held Ducks sniper Teemu Selanne without one the entire game.

"We really kept them out of our zone and played mostly in their zone," Palffy said. "We had a good forecheck effort and cycled the puck well tonight. That's how we got our scoring chances."

Paul Kariya scored a goal and set up Steve Rucchin's power-play tally for Anaheim, which managed only 18 shots. After recording just one point in the Ducks' first three games, Kariya has three goals and seven assists in his last six contests.

Jamie Storr stopped 16 shots for Los Angeles, improving to 4-2-1.