December 23 postgame notes

-With the loss, Los Angeles fell to 83-98-40 all-time against the Dallas franchise, which includes a home record of 50-39-22.

-The Stars have now earned a point in 20 of their last 25 visits to STAPLES Center, going 13-5-7 since the start of the 2006-07 season.

-With the loss, the Kings’ five-game home winning streak was snapped.

-The Kings’ 25-9-4 (54 points) record is the best 38-game mark in club history.

-With the loss, the Kings fell to 19-3-2 when scoring first.

-The loss marked only the third time in the last 23 games that the Kings failed to earn a point.

-Martin Jones’ eight-game winning streak was snapped. He is 8-1-0 in his first nine career starts. With Saturday’s win, Jones had tied an NHL record set by Philadelphia’s Bob Froese in 1982-83 for winning the first eight games of his career.

-In the last seven games against Dallas, Los Angeles has been outscored 13-6 in the third period.

-Slava Voynov logged a career-worst minus-3 rating for the second time in his career. He was also a minus-3 in a 5-2 loss at Vancouver on March 2, 2013.

-The Kings are scoreless in their last 10 power plays. Their last power play goal was recorded by Anze Kopitar in the third period of the 5-2 win at Ottawa on December 14.

-The Kings have allowed four power play goals over their last 17 shorthanded situations.

-The Kings won 27-of-51 faceoffs (53%). Among regular performers, Mike Richards won 8-of-11, Anze Kopitar won 3-of-10, Colin Fraser won 2-of-6, Jarret Stoll won 9-of-15, and Jeff Carter won 3-of-5.

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