February 18 postgame notes

-With the overtime loss, Los Angeles fell to 74-96-26 all-time against St. Louis, a record that includes a road mark of 27-60-12. The Kings finished the season series with a record of 1-0-2 against the Blues, marking the first time since 2010-11 that St. Louis won the season series. The Blues won for the seventh time in the previous 26 regular season and playoff match-ups.

-Los Angeles fell to 18-11-2 against the Western Conference and 7-4-2 against the Pacific Division.

-With the loss, the Kings fell to 8-2 in overtime. Los Angeles is 10-4 in games that extend past 60 minutes.

-The Kings have been held to one goal or less for three straight games. Only twice this year has Los Angeles been held to one goal or less in consecutive games: The first three games of the season, and the most recent three games. Over the last 16 games The Kings have scored 47 goals (2.94 G/Gp) and have allowed 46 goals (2.88 GA/GP).

-Tyler Toffoli set a new career-high with his 24th goal of the season. His previous career-high was 23, set last season.

-Drew Doughty logged a career-high 35:16 of ice time.

-Los Angeles took 66 shot attempts (35 on goal, 14 blocked, 17 missed). St. Louis took 57 shot attempts (32 on goal, 12 blocked, 13 missed).

-The two teams combined for 72 hits. The Kings out-hit the Blues, 42-30. Ryan Reaves issued a game-high seven hits, while Dustin Brown and Kyle Clifford were credited with five each for Los Angeles.

-The Kings won 33-of-39 faceoffs (48%). Among regular performers, Anze Kopitar won 3-of-6, Andy Andreoff won 2-of-5, Trevor Lewis won 1-of-11, Vincent Lecavalier won 10-of-18, and Jeff Carter won 17-of-28.

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