January 12 postgame notes

-With the win, Los Angeles improved to 62-58-23 all-time against Toronto, a record that includes a home mark of 36-24-10.

-The Kings recorded their 900th home win in franchise history.

-Los Angeles recorded the 199th shutout in franchise history. The last time the Kings shut out the Maple Leafs was February 20, 1988, when Roland Melanson stopped all 21 shots he faced in a 3-0 win.

-Martin Jones recorded the seventh shutout of his career. Per the Elias Sports Bureau, he is the fastest goaltender (29 games) in modern day NHL history (1967-68) to record seven shutouts. He broke Steve Mason’s mark (32 games), set in 2008-09.

-Los Angeles improved to 1-1-2 during a season-long seven-game homestand (OTL vs NSH, L vs NYR, SOL vs WPG, W vs TOR, 1/14 vs NJD, 1/17 vs ANA, 1/19 vs CGY).

-Los Angeles improved to 7-7-3 against the Eastern Conference and 5-3-1 against the Atlantic Division.

-The Kings have a 57.9% Corsi-for rating in five-on-five play over the last 23 games (1191 CF / 865 CA). They haven’t been outshot over the last 19 games (8-6-5) and have averaged 33.8 shots per game over that span (642 shots / 19 GP).

-The Kings have outscored opponents 84-61 in second and third periods this season.

-Mike Richards played his 700th career game.

-Dwight King played his 199th career game.

-Anze Kopitar has assists in four straight games (2-6=8) and points in 10 of the last 12 (4-16=20).

-Marian Gaborik has 15 points (10-5=15) in his last 12 games and has 25 points (15-10=24) in 21 career games against Toronto.

-Jeff Carter recorded his ninth multi-point game of the year and has 13 points (5-8=13) in the last 12 games.

-Alec Martinez led all skaters with 3:06 of shorthanded time.

-The Kings recorded 41 hits. Brayden McNabb led all skaters with seven hits.

-Los Angeles attempted 48 shots (20 on goal, 7 blocked, 21 missed). Toronto attempted 46 shots (19 on goal, 13 blocked, 14 missed).

-The Kings won 22-of-51 faceoffs (43%). Among regular performers, Mike Richards won 3-of-9, Anze Kopitar won 6-of-15, Andy Andreoff won 1-of-3, Trevor Lewis won 0-of-1, Jarret Stoll won 9-of-17 and Jeff Carter won 3-of-6.

The Kings are scheduled to practice at Toyota Sports Center at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, January 13.

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