Postgame notes (Feb. 28)

Some notes from last night’s game…

— The Kings earned a split of their quick two-game road trip, as they beat the Minnesota Wild 4-0 on Tuesday night at Xcel Energy Center.

— The Kings have reached the four-goal mark in 15 of their 64 games this season, and have a 13-0-2 record in those games.

— The Kings now have a 4-4-4 record in the second leg of back-to-back games. They have three sets of back-to-back games remaining this season.

— Jonathan Bernier stopped 26 shots for his first shutout of the season and his fifth career shutout. Bernier got credit for a shutout last season in Minnesota, when the Kings lost 1-0 in a shootout. The Kings have eight shutout wins this season. Since Darryl Sutter took over as coach, Bernier has started four games and allowed a total of five goals, with no more than two goals allowed in any game.

— The Kings recorded a season-low in shots on goal, as the Wild outshot the Kings 26-15, including 10-5 in the second period. The Kings’ previous low had been 16, in a 4-2 victory at Dallas on Feb. 12.

— The Kings went 0-for-3 on the power play and 3-for-3 on the penalty kill. The Kings are 11-for-11 on the penalty kill in their last four games.

— The Kings improved to 13-10-8 on the road, 22-4-6 when scoring the first goal, 13-1-2 when leading after the first period and 21-0-3 when leading after the second period.

— The Kings have scored eight first-period goals in their last five games. Before that, they had scored a total of 25 first period-goals in their first 59 games.

— Justin Williams had one goal and one assist, to push his season totals to 13 goals and 30 assists. It was Williams’ 11th multi-point game of the season. Williams has one goal and two assists in his last two games.

— Anze Kopitar had one goal and one assist. Kopitar is now tied with Dustin Brown for the team lead with 18 goals, and Kopitar has a team-high 53 points. It was Kopitar’s 13th multi-point game of the season, a team high. Kopitar has one goal and two assists in his last two games.

— Dwight King had one goal, his second goal and fourth point of the season.

— Jordan Nolan had one goal, his second goal and second point of the season.

— Dustin Brown had two assists, to push his season totals to 20 assists and 38 points. It was Brown’s seventh multi-point game of the season. Brown has five goals and four assists in his last five games.

— Slava Voynov had one assist, his eighth assist and 12th point of the season.

— Alec Martinez had one assist, his third assist and fifth point of the season. Martinez has three assists in his last five games.

— Matt Greene had one assist, his seventh assist and 10th point of the season.

— Colin Fraser had one assist, his fourth assist and fifth point of the season.

— Jeff Carter and Alec Martinez each recorded a team-high two shots on goal. Dustin Brown was credited with a team-high three hits. Willie Mitchell, Mike Richards and Jarret Stoll each were credited with a team-high two blocked shots.

— Drew Doughty led the Kings in ice time, with a game-high 25 minutes, 14 seconds, followed by Rob Scuderi, at 21:46. Anze Kopitar led all Kings forwards in ice time, at 19:47, followed by Dustin Brown, at 18:17.

— The Kings won 21 of 57 faceoffs (37 percent). Jarret Stoll won 6 of 22 draws (27 percent). Anze Kopitar won 6 of 13 draws (46 percent). Mike Richards won 5 of 11 draws (45 percent).

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