-The Los Angeles Kings finished the season with a record of 27-16-5 for 59 points. Their .615 winning percentage was the fifth-best winning percentage in team history. They finished with the fifth seed and will face the fourth-seeded St. Louis Blues in the first round. -The Kings finished with a home record of 19-4-1 for [...]
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April 24 postgame notes
-Los Angeles finished with a 1-2-0 record against Detroit (1-0-0 home, 0-2-0 away). Since 1997-98 (2-1-1 / W-L-T), the Kings have won the season series against the Red Wings once: 2010-11 (3-1-0). -The Kings are 4-15-3 with one tie in regular season play at Joe Louis Arena since 2000-01. -Dustin Brown’s consecutive games played streak [...]
April 23 postgame notes
-The Kings finished with a 1-1-1 record against the Wild. Since Minnesota joined the league in 2000-01, Los Angeles was held without a win at Xcel Energy Center in only three seasons: 2006-07, 2007-08 and 2012-13. Six of the last seven games between the Kings and Wild in St. Paul have been decided by one [...]
April 21 postgame notes
-Los Angeles finished the season series against Dallas with a 2-3-0 record. It was the first year since 2006-07 (0-6-2) that the Kings finished with a sub-.500 record against the Stars. -The Kings won their first overtime game of the season. They are now 1-1 in overtime. -The Kings have clinched at the least the [...]
April 18 postgame notes
-Los Angeles swept the season series with Columbus for the first time in the series’ history, outscoring the Blue Jackets 8-4 over three games. The Kings have won 11 of the last 14 meetings between the teams since October 25, 2009. -The Kings are now 22-9-3 in their last 34 games. -The Kings have won [...]
April 18 postgame quotes: Matt Greene
On whether his “wind” was OK in the third period: Yeah, wind was fine. Just playing the game, that’s it.” On whether he had any hesitation in taking the first hit: “No. I think you get cleared from the doctors. You get cleared from your trainers, and we’ve got a good staff here, and if [...]
April 16 postgame notes
-The Kings are 8-17-6 in their last 31 trips to HP Pavilion, dating back to the 2002-03 season. Los Angeles’ last win in San Jose was a 4-0 win on December 27, 2010. -Los Angeles fell to 2-4 in shootouts this season. Kings skaters are 9-for-21 in shootouts. Opponents are 12-for-22 against Kings goalies in [...]
April 13 postgame notes
-Los Angeles (2-1-1) won the season series with Anaheim (2-2-0). Excluding shootout goals, the Kings outscored the Ducks 14-13 in the series. Saturday’s game was the only game between these teams this season in which the teams combined for fewer than seven goals. -The Kings have won five straight over the Ducks at Staples Center [...]
April 11 postgame notes
-The Kings are now 6-2-2 in their last 10 games. -The Kings are now 15-4-1 (31 points) at home this season. That’s tied for the best 20-game home record in club history (the 1972-73 club was 14-3-3). -Mike Richards now has points in five straight games (2-4=6). -Jeff Carter now has six goals in the [...]
April 9 postgame notes
-Tuesday’s loss marked only the second time in the last 14 trips to the American Airlines Center that Los Angeles did not earn a point. The Kings are 10-2-2 in Dallas over that span. -The four-goal loss was the Kings’ widest margin of defeat since an 8-2 loss in Detroit on December 17, 2011. -Los [...]
