Postgame notes (Feb. 27)

Some notes from last night’s game…

— The Kings were held to a lone goal again, as they lost to the Nashville Predators 2-1 on Monday night at Bridgestone Arena.

— The Kings fell into 10th place in the Western Conference, two points behind eighth-place Dallas and two points behind ninth-place Colorado, which has played one more game than the Kings.

— The Kings have scored fewer than two goals in 26 of their 63 games this season, with a 3-16-7 record in those games.

— The Kings are 1-3-2 in their last six road games. The Kings previously had recorded three consecutive victories at Nashville.

— The Kings outshot the Predators 31-28, including 12-9 in the second period.

— The Kings went 0-for-1 on the power play and 1-for-1 on the penalty kill. The Kings are 8-for-8 on the penalty kill in their last three games.

— The Kings fell to 12-10-8 on the road, 7-19-6 when allowing the first goal, 2-10-4 when trailing after the first period and 1-20-3 when trailing after the second period.

— Jonathan Quick stopped 26 of 28 shots. Quick now has an 0-4-1 record in five career starts against Nashville. In Quick’s 29 losses this season — including overtime/shootout losses) — the Kings have scored a total of 35 goals.

— Dustin Brown scored the Kings’ goal, his 18th goal and 36th point of the season. Brown has five goals and two assists in his last four games.

— Anze Kopitar had one assist, to push his team-high totals to 35 assists and 52 points. Kopitar had one point (an assist) in his previous five games.

— Justin Williams had one assist, his 29th assist and 41st point of the season.

— Dwight King and Dustin Penner each recorded a game-high four shots on goal. Dustin Brown and Jarret Stoll each were credited with a team-high four hits. Trevor Lewis and Alec Martinez each were credited with a team-high two blocked shots.

— The Kings won 23 of 55 faceoffs (51 percent). Anze Kopitar won 8 of 16 draws (50 percent). Mike Richards won 5 of 15 draws (33 percent). Jarret Stoll won 8 of 11 draws (73 percent).

— Drew Doughty led the Kings in ice time, at a game-high 25 minutes, 34 seconds, followed by Willie Mitchell, at 22:45. Mike Richards led all Kings forwards in ice time, at 19:53, followed by Jeff Carter, at 19:51.

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