The Los Angeles Kings have now won four straight games and are now 15-7-1 with Jim Hiller behind the bench.
They've also climbed above a .500 record against the league's other playoff teams, an important bit of context for a team with Cup ambitions.
It's not just beating an always dangerous Tampa Bay Lightning team on Saturday and the league-leading Vancouver Canucks on Monday, it's how the Kings are doing it.
There was an intensity and effort to those victories we haven't seen consistently enough from this team.
To use a cliche, both games had a playoff feel to them and the Kings handled that style of game well.
There were periods where they fell behind the pace a bit, the second half of the first period against Vancouver in particular, but they bounced back and found their feet again quickly.
Perhaps most important during those periods was the play of Cam Talbot, who stood tall during periods when the Kings here caved in.
Now top-three in both goals against average and save percentage, Talbot is providing near-elite goaltending down the stretch.
Yes, the Kings do a good job of suppressing chances and that goes as long way in inflating those numbers for a goalie, but Talbot deserves plenty of credit for his play.
As always, the play of Pierre-Luc Dubois is under a microscope too, and the return of Viktor Arvidsson has been huge for Dubois.
He grabbed another primary assist on Monday, setting up Kevin Fiala for the Kings opening goal.
He fought through a check and showed some nice patience to set up that goal, but more importantly, he looked engaged all night.
We've seen him have periods like this where he finds his game and his motor before quickly losing it, so this has to come consistently before anyone gets too excited.
However, things are trending in the right direction for Dubois.
Of course, the play of Anze Kopitar can't be ignored either, the captain has taken sole command of the team points lead and looks to be turning it on down the stretch.
Kopitar is cementing what was already a first-ballot Hall of Fame career this season.
If he can carry this level of performance into the playoffs, against players like Connor McDavid or Nathan MacKinnon, the Kings have a chance to make some noise.
The Kings have 11 more games to play this season and seem to be getting hot at the right time.