FROLOV CONTINUES TO SIZZLE SCORES TWO GOALS IN KINGS' VICTORY KINGS 5, PHOENIX 3.

Byline: HEATHER GRIPP Staff Writer

Kings coach Marc Crawford joked that the team is trying to schedule extra games in the next few days so Alexander Frolov doesn't have a chance to cool off from his hot streak.

That might not be such a bad idea, considering that on Saturday, Frolov did what no Kings player had done in 13 years.

Frolov's two goals Saturday gave him six goals in the past three games and made him the first King with three consecutive multi-goal games since Luc Robitaille in March 1993.

But Frolov's scoring isn't all the Kings hope carries over when they return from a three-day layoff. The Kings' uncharacteristic success on power plays prevented what appeared to be an eerily familiar collapse and instead lifted them to a 5-3 victory over the Phoenix Coyotes in front of an announced crowd of 14,487 at Staples Center.

Craig Conroy provided the deciding goal on a power play with 11 minutes remaining in the game.

The Kings, who entered the game ranked 23rd out of the league's 30 teams in power-play scoring percentage, netted goals on man-advantge situations in each period, marking just the second time this season they have scored more than two power-play goals in a game.

``Our power-play was very special tonight,'' Crawford said.

Frolov and Rob Blake scored the game's first two goals on power plays.

Frolov added another second-period score to put the Kings up 3-0 before the Coyotes -- the Pacific Division's last-place team -- began to evoke flashbacks of the Kings' collapse two nights earlier against Philadelphia.

The Kings, who surrendered three goals in a little more than three minutes in the thirdperiod Thursday in a 4-3 loss to the Flyers, saw the Coyotes score twice within a minute late in the secondperiod. Phoenix's Oleg Saprykin scored 6:30 into the third period to tie the score 3-3.

Conroy scored the winning goal, his second goal of the season, nine minutes into the third period. Scott Thornton added the final goal when the Coyotes pulled their goaltender in the final minute, and Thornton tapped a cross from Anze Kopitar into the empty net.

``It was like de ja vu,'' Conroy said of the seeing the early lead evaporate. ``But tonight the outcome was different -- we won. We needed this. ... I think we learned from the other night.''

Another lesson Conroy has learned is to get the puck to Frolov, who has nine goals and nine assists in the past ninegames after scoring just one goal in the previous 10 games.

``Fro is about as hot as anybody right now,'' said Conroy, who assisted on Frolov's first-period goal. ``He's got that little bit of swagger and confidence in his game, especially right now. He's feeling it. He feels like every time the puck is on his stick, it's got a chance to go in.

``When you play with a guy like that, you want to give him the puck as many times as possible and let him dictate what's going to happen out there. He's in the zone right now.''

Notes: The Kings activated forwards Derek Armstrong and Jeff Cowan from injured reserve and sent forward Tim Jackman to their American Hockey League affiliate in Manchester, N.H. Armstrong missed five games and Cowan missed seven games, both with shoulder injuries. Jackman had zero points in fivegames with the Kings. ... Sean Avery got his 100th career NHL point with an assist on Blake's second-period goal.

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The Kings' Alexander Frolov, right, celebrates with teammate Scott Thornton after Frolov's second-period goal. Frolov has six goals in his past three games.

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