April 4 postgame notes

-With the loss, Los Angeles fell to 105-99-36 all-time against Vancouver, a record that includes an away mark of 41-60-18. The Kings went 3-2-0 against the Canucks in 2015-16, winning the season series for the third consecutive year.

-Los Angeles fell to 26-19-2 against the Western Conference and 16-11-0 against the Pacific Division.

-In the race for the Jennings Trophy, Washington leads with 182 goals allowed (in 78 games played). Following the Capitals are the Ducks (185 GA / 78 GP), Kings (186 GA / 79 GP) and Lightning (191 GA / 79 GP).

-Los Angeles is 2-6-0 in its last eight games and has been outscored 26-19.

-With his 30th goal of the season, Tyler Toffoli became the first King to score 30 goals in a season since Anze Kopitar’s 34 goals in 2009-10. With a +1 rating, Toffoli moved past Kopitar for sole possession of the league lead with a +34 rating. Kopitar finished even on the night.

-In 34 games since January 24, Drew Doughty has seven goals, 26 points and a +12 rating. By playing his 603rd career game, he moved within one game of Jay Wells (604 GP) for fourth place in club history amongst defensemen.

-Jeff Carter has nine points (5-4=9) in the last six games.

-Darryl Sutter coached his 1,200th NHL game, becoming the 15th coach in NHL history to do so.

-Jamie McBain returned to the lineup aftern an 18-game absence and finished with four shots on goal, one hit and a plus-one rating in 13:43 of ice time.

-Los Angeles recorded 71 shot attempts (42 on goal, 19 blocked, 10 missed). Vancouver recorded 38 shot attempts (24 on goal, 8 blocked, 6 missed). Drew Doughty and Jeff Carter finished with a game-high six shots on goal, while Doughty (6 on goal, 2 missed) led all skaters with eight shot attempts. Despite the heavy possession advantage, L.A. still recorded 26 hits to Vancouver’s 20.

-The Kings won 36-of-57 faceoffs (63%). Among regular performers, Anze Kopitar won 10-of-17, Andy Andreoff won 1-of-1, Trevor Lewis won 3-of-5, Vincent Lecavalier won 8-of-11 and Jeff Carter won 13-of-22.

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