December 17 postgame notes

-With the overtime loss, Los Angeles fell to 48-44-15 all-time against New York, a record that includes a road mark of 20-27-7. The Kings remain winless in their three visits to Barclays Center (0-2-1). Los Angeles finished the season series with a 1-0-1 record versus New York, marking their first winning series against the Islanders since going 1-0-1 in 2014-15.

-With the overtime loss, the Kings fell to 14-5-1 against the Eastern Conference, 5-2-1 against the Metropolitan Division, 7-5-4 in one-goal games, 11-2-1 when scoring first, 6-2-1 when leading after the first period, 10-1-1 when leading after two periods, 6-4 in games that extend past regulation, 10-6-2 when outshot by their opponent and 17-0-3 when scoring at least three goals.

-Los Angeles fell to 4-4 in games decided in overtime in 2017-18 and 28-11 since the switch to the 3-on-3 format prior to 2015-16. Their .718 winning percentage ranks second behind Calgary’s .759. Overtime game-winners against the Kings have been scored by Ryan O’Reilly, John Moore, Jaden Schwartz, Esa Lindell, Mikael Granlund, TJ Brodie, Shea Theodore, Sean Monahan, Viktor Arvidsson, Christian Fischer and Jordan Eberle.

-The Kings, who entered the night with the league’s top penalty kill, have allowed power play goals in five straight games for the first time this season. Prior to this stretch, they had allowed power play goals in back-to-back games only twice.

-Tyler Toffoli’s power play goal ended a 1-for-17 power play stretch over the previous eight-plus games. It was the team’s fourth road power play goal this season.

-Toffoli recorded the 100th assist of his career on Oscar Fantenberg’s goal. With a goal and an assist, he now has 99 goals, 100 assists and 199 points in his career. With a +2 rating, he is now a +101 over 327 career games.

-Dustin Brown played his 998th career game.

-Los Angeles attempted 56 shots (29 on goal, 12 blocked, 15 missed). New York attempted 63 shots (33 on goal, 18 blocked, 12 missed). All L.A. skaters other than Alex Iafallo, Nick Shore and Dustin Brown registered a shot on goal.

-The Kings won 23-of-63 faceoffs (37%). Adrian Kempe won 3-of-11, Anze Kopitar won 13-of-32, Nick Shore won 3-of-11, Trevor Lewis won 1-of-1, Jussi Jokinen won 3-of-3, Tanner Pearson won 0-of-2, Torrey Mitchell won 0-of-2 and Tyler Toffoli won 0-of-1.

-Lead photo by Mike Stobe/NHLI

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