Kings keep on putting offensive numbers

I wonder if it's easily noticeable, but the Kings have gone through the whole month of November scoring at least three goals in each but one game (2-3 OT loss to Minnesota). I know they have allowed more than that due to reasons discussed before, but it seems the days of scoring "one or none" are clearly behind them.

They started the month of December on a similar note scoring six times in a two-game set against the Ducks.

Alexander Frolov is in the TOP 20 in the NHL in the power play points department with 13, while the Kings as a team are third in the league in PP scoring percentage on the road with 20.0%. At the same time Los Angeles leads the NHL in the total power play opportunities, which says a lot about their ability to draw penalties, while staying out of the box themselves.

Apart from the injuries to some key defensive pieces (Mathieu Garon, Brent Sopel) and prolonged incomptence of starter Dan Cloutier, that need to be overcome in order to keep the goals allowed to a lower mark, offensively the Kings are firing on most cylinders. This trend might as well continue as the Kings are scheduled to play the next three games at home against three teams that seem to have trouble on their own:

1. Nashville Predators - missing their top goalie Tomas Vokoun
2. Colorado Avalanche - just two more points than the Kings and last place in the Nortwest division
3. San Jose Sharks - whom the Kings have already bitten and home and played hard against.

Four points out of these three games are not out of question if Cloutier can bring back his priceless form from the Honda Center on Sunday.

(I will follow up with the game recaps later today)