Postgame notes (Dec. 31)

Some notes from last night’s game…

— The Kings broke a three-game losing streak to Vancouver as they beat the Canucks 4-1 on Saturday night at Staples Center.

— The Kings improved to 4-0-2 under coach Darryl Sutter and have recorded at least one point in seven consecutive games.

— The Kings outshot the Canucks 33-28, including 15-7 in the first period.

— The Kings went 1-for-5 on the power play and 4-for-4 on the penalty kill. The Kings had not scored a power-play goal in their previous three games. The Kings have now killed 26 consecutive penalties and 73 of their last 76 penalties.

— The Kings improved to 10-8-1 at Staples Center, 6-12-3 when allowing the first goal and 12-0-1 when leading after the second period.

— The Kings are 10-0-0 this season when they record at least three goals, and 13-5-1 when they score at least one power-play goal.

— Jonathan Quick stopped 27 of 28 shots. Quick is 5-0-1 in his last six games, with a 1.44 goals-against average and a .951 save percentage.

— Justin Williams scored a power-play goal and had one assist, as he pushed his season totals to six goals and 24 points. Williams has two goals and five assists in his last eight games. It was Williams’ second power-play goal of the season.

— Matt Greene scored a goal, the game-winning goal, his second goal and sixth point of the season. Greene’s career-high for goals in one season is two, set in each of the past four seasons.

— Brad Richardson scored a goal, his third goal and fourth point of the season. Richardson has two goals in his last four games.

— Anze Kopitar scored a goal, his 11th goal and team-high 35th point of the season. Kopitar had gone 17 consecutive games without a goal. Kopitar has six points in his last seven games.

— Andrei Loktionov had two assists, to push his season totals to four assists and four points. It was Loktionov’s first multi-point game of the season, his second career multi-point game and first career multi-assist game.

— Slava Voynov had two assists, to push his season totals to six assists and 10 points. It was Voynov’s third multi-point game of his season, and career.

— Jarret Stoll had one assist, on the power play, his seventh assist and 11th point of the season. Three of Stoll’s seven assists have come on the power play.

— Jack Johnson had one assist, his ninth assist and 14th point of the season.

— Justin Williams recorded a game-high seven shots on goal. Dustin Brown was credited with a game-high nine hits. Drew Doughty and Jack Johnson each were credited with a team-high two blocked shots.

— Drew Doughty led the Kings in ice time, at 22 minutes, 23 seconds, followed by Willie Mitchell, at 22:05. Anze Kopitar led all Kings forwards in ice time, at 19:35, followed by Jarret Stoll, at 19:15.

— The Kings won 37 of 60 faceoffs (62 percent). Jarret Stoll won 15 of 23 draws (65 percent). Anze Kopitar won 13 of 19 draws (68 percent). Andrei Loktionov won 2 of 6 draws (33 percent).

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