LOS ANGELES (AP) -- After losing six consecutive games, the Los Angeles Kings finally reached 1,000 regular-season victories. And they did it against one of their favorite foils.

Edmonton goalie Bill Ranford labored through one of the worst games of his 15-year career Thursday night as the Kings routed the Oilers 8-2. Luc Robitaille led the onslaught with a goal and four assists, and the Kings scored four times on the power play.

"This was a big win for us," Robitaille said after the Kings improved their record against Ranford to 19-11-12.

"We needed to come out of this losing streak in order to believe in ourselves and what we have as a team. We played with a lot of grit and everything came together. Our power play worked real well, and that's why we won."

Rob Blake scored two power-play goals two minutes apart during a four-goal second period, Jere Karalahti scored his first two NHL goals 2+ minutes apart late in the third, and Ziggy Palffy had a goal and two assists.

Jaroslav Modry added a power-play goal, and Bryan Smolinski also scored for the Kings, who became the last of the five remaining teams from the 1967-68 expansion to win 1,000 regular-season games.

The eight-goal barrage was the largest by the Kings since Nov. 11, 1997, when they beat Vancouver 8-2 at the Forum.

Pat Falloon and Bill Guerin scored for the frustrated Oilers, who combined with the Kings for 160 minutes in penalties after going more than nine minutes before getting their first shot on net and spotting Los Angeles a 5-0 lead through the first 28 minutes.

"Because they got up the way they did, we never played our game at all," Oilers coach Kevin Lowe said. "I mean, they could have had their farm team out there and they'd still beat us."

The game was still scoreless when Edmonton goalie Bill Ranford skated about 45 feet from his net to clear the puck away from an oncoming Steve McKenna late in the first period. But Ranford accidentally lifted it over the glass, and the Kings capitalized on the ensuing power play against a penalty-killing unit that had been scored on only once in 32 short-handed situations over its previous eight games.

"We had been doing a good job of killing penalties, and that goal gave them a little momentum," Lowe said. "From that point on, it seemed like everyone on our team was trying to be the guy that turned things around, and we got totally disjointed."

Modry, playing in his fifth straight game after being benched in all but four of the Kings' first 32 contests, scored his first NHL goal since Feb. 22, 1997, just 18 seconds after Alexander Selivanov went to the box to serve Ranford's penalty.

Palffy set up Robitaille at the right of the net and the puck bounced off his skate, then the skate of Edmonton defenseman Jason Smith, before Modry slid it into a wide-open net with Ranford out of position.

Robitaille, who had a career-high six-point game on March 30, 1998, against Calgary, made it 2-0 just 58 seconds after the first intermission. He deflected a shot by Mattias Norstrom into Ranford's pads before converting the rebound for his 15th goal and fourth in three games.

"We worked hard the last three games and couldn't get a break, but tonight we finally did," Robitaille said. "We got the rebounds right back on our sticks and things like that."

Blake, who scored only 12 goals last season following his Norris Trophy campaign of 1997-98, jumped into the play from his point position and scored both of his goals from short range. The first one came at 5:14 of the second during an interference penalty against Alexander Selivanov, the second after a bench penalty against the Oilers for having too many men on the ice.

"He showed a lot of leadership tonight," Robitaille said about Blake, who shored a career-high 25 goals two seasons ago. "He's a great offensive defenseman, and him jumping into the play like that is really helping us."

Palffy increased the margin to 5-0, faking Ranford to his right and beating him with a short backhander for his 14th goal after Jozef Stumpel found him alone in front with a perfect pass from the right boards.

Robitaille's assist on Smolinski's 10th goal completed the star forward's sixth career five-point game -- all of them coming with the Kings. His previous one was on Feb. 11, 1993, against Detroit at the Forum.