Postgame notes (Sept. 21)

Some notes from last night’s games. First, in Phoenix…

— Dustin Penner scored with 49 seconds remaining as the Kings beat Phoenix 3-2 at Jobing.com Arena.

— The Kings got goals from Penner, Ethan Moreau and Tyler Toffoli, and three assists from Trevor Lewis and one assist each from Patrick Mullen and Toffoli.

— Jonathan Bernier played the first two periods and stopped 17 of 18 shots. Jeff Zatkoff played the third period and stopped 8 of 9 shots.

— The Kings outshot the Coyotes 29-27.

— The Kings went 1-for-6 on the power play and 3-for-3 on the penalty kill.

— Anze Kopitar totaled a team-high five shots on goal. Rich Clune was credited with a team-high four hits and Matt Greene was credited with a team-high three blocked shots.

— Justin Azevedo won 7 of 10 faceoffs (70 percent), while Anze Kopitar won 17 of 29 (59 percent), Trevor Lewis won 6 of 12 (50 percent) and Cam Paddock won 2 of 6 (33 percent). Overall, the Kings won 32 of 57 faceoffs (56 percent).

— Alec Martinez played a team-high 24 minutes, 58 seconds. Anze Kopitar led all Kings forwards in ice time at 22:26. Other high-minute players included Willie Mitchell (24:14), Matt Greene (22:22), Justin Williams (20:43) and Dustin Penner (20:33).

Meanwhile, in Los Angeles…

— After a scoreless third period and overtime, the Kings lost to the Phoenix Coyotes 2-1 in a shootout at Staples Center.

— Slava Voynov scored the Kings’ goal, in the second period on the power play, to tie the game with assists to Dustin Brown and Mike Richards.

— Jonathan Quick played the first two periods and stopped 12 of 13 shots. Martin Jones played the third period and overtime and stopped all nine shots he faced.

— The Kings outshot the Coyotes 40-22, including 22-5 in the first period.

— The Kings went 1-for-7 on the power play and 3-for-3 on the penalty kill.

— Dustin Brown totaled a team-high six shots on goal and was credited with a game-high six hits. Jack Johnson and Davis Drewiske each were credited with two blocked shots.

— Mike Richards won 14 of 19 faceoffs (74 percent), while Jarret Stoll won 13 of 19 (68 percent), Brad Richardson won 4 of 4 (100 percent), Andrei Loktionov won 6 of 10 (60 percent), Marc-Andre Cliche won 5 of 7 (71 percent) and Trent Hunter won 1 of 1 (100 percent). Overall, the Kings won 43 of 60 faceoffs (72 percent).

— Jack Johnson played a game-high 32 minutes, 5 seconds. Mike Richards led all Kings forwards in ice time at 20:47. Other high-minute players included Rob Scuderi (24:06), Slava Voynov (24:02), Dustin Brown (18:40), Jarret Stoll (18:27) and Trent Hunter (18:14).

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