Postgame notes (Jan. 21)

Some notes from last night’s game…

— The Kings suffered their second regulation loss of the Darryl Sutter era, as they fell to the Colorado Avalanche 3-1 on Saturday night at Staples Center.

— The Kings had been 8-1-6 under Sutter.

— The Kings have scored a total of five regulation goals in their last four games.

— The Kings have scored two or fewer goals in 36 of 49 games this season, and have a 11-16-9 record in those games. The Kings have scored one or zero goals in 18 games and have a 3-9-6 record in those games.

— The Avalanche outshot the Kings 31-26, including 10-4 in the first period.

— The Kings went 0-for-3 on the power play and 3-for-4 on the penalty kill. The Kings are 1-for-10 on the power play in their last four games and have allowed at least one power-play goal in six consecutive games.

— The Kings fell to 12-10-4 at Staples Center, 16-3-5 when scoring the first goal and 1-15-3 when trailing after the second period.

— Jonathan Quick stopped 28 of 31 shots. Quick had allowed two or fewer goals in nine of his previous 10 starts, and had been 2-0-3 in his previous five starts.

— Anze Kopitar scored the Kings’ goal, his team-high 15th goal and team-high 44th point of the season. Kopitar had been tied with Mike Richards for the team goal lead. Kopitar has four goals and four assists in his last seven games.

— Dustin Brown had an assist, his 14th assist and 27th point of the season. Brown has three goals and three assists in his last seven games.

— Justin Williams had an assist, his 24th assist and 33rd point of the season. Williams has recorded at least one point in seven consecutive games and has three goals and six assists in that span.

— Trevor Lewis recorded a game-high four shots on goal and was credited with a team-high four hits. Rob Scuderi was credited with a team-high two blocked shots.

— Drew Doughty led the Kings in ice time, with a game-high 22 minutes, 17 seconds, followed by Jack Johnson, at 21:59. Dustin Brown led all Kings forwards in ice time, at 21:07, followed by Anze Kopitar, at 20:58.

— The Kings won 24 of 59 faceoffs (41 percent). Anze Kopitar won 7 of 18 draws (39 percent). Mike Richards and Jarret Stoll each won 5 of 12 draws (42 percent).

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