February 25 postgame notes

-With the win, Los Angeles improved to 58-49-24 all-time against Anaheim, a record that includes a home mark of 35-20-11. The Kings, who won for the sixth time in the last 19 regular season meetings between the teams, improved to 2-2-0 in the season series. The teams will conclude the season series on April 9 at Honda Center on the final day of the NHL regular season. For only the sixth time in the last 18 games between the team, the game was decided by more than one goal.

-Los Angeles improved to 18-13-2 against the Western Conference, 9-8-0 against the Pacific Division, 10-11 in games decided by three or more goals, 11-22-2 when their opponent scores first, 6-17-2 when trailing after the first period, 3-23-1 when trailing after two periods and 2-2-2 when shots on goal are even. Other games the Kings won when trailing after two periods were October 25 against Columbus (3-2 OTW) and January 3 at San Jose (2-1 OTW)

-Darryl Sutter won his 216th game with the Kings, surpassing Andy Murray for sole possession of first place on the franchise’s all-time wins list.

-Since their five-game winning streak, the Kings have played nine games (3-6-0). They have led for 101:01 of game time, have been tied for 119:52 of game time and have trailed for 319:07 of game time. They have allowed first period goals in eight of the nine games.

-With a four-for-four penalty killing performance, the Kings have killed off 39 of their last 41 shorthanded situations since John Tavares’ power play empty net goal on January 21 at Barclays Center.

-Jonathan Quick missed 59 games after injuring his groin late in the first period of the 2-1 loss at San Jose on October 12. He stopped 32-of-33 shots in his first game back.

-Jeff Carter scored his 30th goal of the season, registering his first 30-goal season as a King. His last 30-goal season was when he scored 36 with Philadelphia in 2010-11.

-With his 10th goal of the season, Dustin Brown is now just two points shy of 500 in his career (228-270=498). Saturday’s game was the 943rd of his career.

-Tanner Pearson (0-3=3) recorded three third period assists and with 37 points (19-18=37) surpassed his career-high of 36 (15-21=36), set in 2015-16.

-With a two-goal performance, Tyler Toffoli registered his fifth multi-point game of the season.

-With a sellout crowd of 18.230, the Kings have sold out 200 consecutive regular season games, dating back to a crowd of 17,720 in a 2-1 win over Florida on December 1, 2011. Including playoffs, Los Angeles has sold out 233 consecutive games overall.

-The Kings attempted 63 shots (33 on goal, 17 blocked, 13 missed). The Ducks attempted 59 shots (33 on goal, 9 blocked, 17 missed). Andrew Cogliano led all skaters with six shots on goal, while Drew Doughty, Anze Kopitar, Tyler Toffoli and Jeff Carter tied with a game-high four shots for L.A.

-Los Angeles won 34-of-73 faceoffs (47%). Among regular performers, Anze Kopitar won 17-of-32, Nick Shore won 7-of-10, Trevor Lewis won 0-of-1, Nic Dowd won 5-of-11, Adrian Kempe won 0-of-1 and Jeff Carter won 5-of-17.

The Kings are scheduled to hold an optional practice at Toyota Sports Center at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday, February 26.

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