Postgame notes (April 25)

Some notes from last night’s game…

— The Kings had their season ended with a 4-3 overtime loss to the San Jose Sharks in Game 6 of their first-round playoff series on Monday night at Staples Center.

— The Kings lost 4-2 in the best-of-seven series. Three of the games went to overtime, and both teams scored exactly 20 goals in the series.

— The last time the Kings lost three overtime games in one series was the 1993 Stanley Cup Finals against Montreal (Games 2, 3 and 4).

— The road team won Games 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 in the series. The Kings have now lost five consecutive playoff home games.

— The Kings now have an 8-19 record, all-time, in best-of-seven series.

— The Sharks outshot the Kings 35-29, including 16-5 in the first period. The Kings were outshot by a combined total of 229-169 in the series. The Kings allowed 34 or more shots on goal in five of the six games. In the regular season, they averaged 27.9 shots on goal against per game.

— The Kings went 2-for-4 on the power play and 3-for-3 on the penalty kill. In the series, the Kings went 5-for-24 on the power play and 21-for-23 on the penalty kill.

— The Kings were charged with 28 giveaways in Game 6, compared to the Sharks’ seven giveaways.

— Kyle Clifford, Jack Johnson, Brad Richardson and Ryan Smyth all tied for the team lead in the series with five points. Clifford and Justin Williams each had a team-high three goals. Johnson had a team-high four assists.

— Jonathan Quick stopped 31 of 35 shots. For the series, Quick stopped 209 of 229 shots, for a 3.16 goals-against average and a .913 save percentage.

— Trevor Lewis had one goal and one assist, both on the power play.

— Justin Williams had one goal. Williams has 11 goals and 18 assists in 51 career playoff games.

— Ryan Smyth had one goal, his second of the series. Smyth has 28 goals and 31 assists in 93 career playoff games.

— Jarret Stoll had two assists, giving him three assists for the series. Stoll has 5 goals and nine assists in 35 career playoff games.

— Jack Johnson had one assist. Johnson has one goal and 11 assists in 12 career playoff games.

— Alec Martinez had one assist, for his first point of the series and his first career playoff point.

— Ryan Smyth and Justin Williams each recorded a team-high four shots on goal. Kyle Clifford was credit with a game-high seven hits and Rob Scuderi was credited with a game-high six blocked shots.

— Drew Doughty played a game-high 26 minutes, 18 seconds. Dustin Brown led all Kings forwards in ice time at 19:50.

— The Kings won 28 of 55 faceoffs (43 percent).

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