In Denver, Jarome Iginla hit the 600-milestone and the Colorado Avalanche swamped the Los Angeles Kings, 4-1.
Iginla is the 19th player in NHL history to hit the mark.
“It does feel good,” said Iginla, who had five shots in 13:05 of ice time and has 11 goals this season. “You try not to think about it. The guys, my teammates, have been great. 
But we didn’t want it to be a distraction and the guys were real focused tonight, they played great and it feels good. It’s something where you try not to think about getting close and every chance, every nice pass it’s, ‘Here maybe, maybe.’ You try and stay focused and stuff, but it was nice.
“You got to get lucky for sure. You got to get lucky at times and that was a lucky play. Tyson gave it to me and I was trying to kind of walk the net and see what opened up from down low. [Gabriel Landeskog] was in front, I think he was battling with Muzzin, and I was trying to put something in there for him, through the screen for him. [Matt Duchene] was going back door. It was a great bounce to go off the skate and in.
“It was a great bounce on the goal and I feel very blessed to get here. I’ve played with some great passers and now it’s just (about) going forward and winning games.”
Semyon Varlamov made 30 stops in the win. The only blemish to his game was a goal from Tyler Toffoli, his 19th of the season.
“[Iginla’s] been around the League and he’s been known to score goals,” Kings center Anze Kopitar said. “I don’t know how long he’s been waiting for this one, but I’m sure it’s got to be pretty exciting for him. Not too much fun being on the other side of it, but I’m sure it’s exciting for him.”
Jhonas Enroth took the loss for the Kings with 29 saves.
Tyson Barrie collected two goals and four points for the Avs in the win.
“I felt good tonight, shooting the puck well,” Barrie said. “I just tried to get shots through when I could and it worked out.”
Andreas Martinsen also scored for Colorado.
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