Postgame notes (Jan. 1)

Some notes from last night’s game…

— The Kings lost their third consecutive game, as they fell to the San Jose Sharks 1-0 on Saturday night.

— The Kings were shut out for the second time this season, following their 2-0 loss to Anaheim on Nov. 29. In that game, the Kings outshot the Ducks 27-19. In this game, the Kings outshot the Sharks 28-19. This was the Kings’ first 1-0 loss since they fell to Vancouver on April 9, 2009.

— The Kings have lost only 15 games this season but already have endured three losing streaks of at least three games. In all of last season, the Kings had only four losing streaks that lasted three games or more.

— The Kings had been 19-2-0 when allowing two or fewer goals in a game.

— The Kings went 0-for-3 on the power play and 2-for-2 on the penalty kill, as they killed a first-period 5-on-3 power play that lasted 1:57. The Kings are 0-for-8 on the power play in three games against the Sharks this season.

— The Kings are now 13-4-1 at home, 5-11-1 when allowing the first goal, 3-11-1 when trailing after the second period, 9-4-1 in one-goal games and 4-5-0 against Pacific Division teams.

— The Kings have been outscored 7-2 in the second periods of their last three games.

— Saturday’s game had one goal. The Kings’ last two games included 9 and 11 goals, respectively.

— Jonathan Quick stopped 18 of 19 shots and has allowed two or fewer goals in five of his last six appearances.

— Michal Handzus played his 800th career NHL game.

— Justin Williams had a game-high five shots on goal.

— Dustin Brown tied his season high with eight hits. Rob Scuderi was credited with three blocked shots.

— Drew Doughty played a game-high 28 minutes, 53 seconds. Anze Kopitar led all Kings forwards in ice time at 21:58.

— The Kings won 24 of 54 faceoffs (44 percent). Anze Kopitar won 8 of 13 draws (62 percent) while Michal Handzus lost 13 of 17 draws (24 percent).