Postgame notes (March 9)

Some notes from last night’s game…

— The Kings blew a one-goal lead in the final five minutes of the third period and lost to the Detroit Red Wings 4-3 on Friday night at Joe Louis Arena.

— For the first time this season, the Kings lost in regulation when they scored at least three goals. The Kings previously had a 20-0-2 record when they scored more than two goals in a game.

— With one game remaining in the season series, the Kings have an 0-3-0 record against the Red Wings this season and have been outscored by a combined margin of 16-6. The Kings have allowed more than three goals in a game only 10 times this season. Three of those games have been against Detroit.

— The Kings outshot the Red Wings 24-15, including 9-3 in the first period. The 15 shots on goal was the lowest total for a Kings opponent this season. Colorado had 16 shots on goal and beat the Kings 3-2 on Oct. 30.

— The Kings went 1-for-4 on the power play and 3-for-3 on the penalty kill. The Kings have not allowed a power-play goal in eight consecutive games and have killed 26 consecutive penalties.

— The Kings fell to 14-12-8 on the road, 15-13-12 in one-goal games, 24-5-6 when scoring the first goal and 14-2-2 when leading after the first period.

— The Kings now have a 4-5-4 record in the second game of back-to-back game sets. The Kings have two sets of back-to-back games remaining.

— Jonathan Quick stopped 11 of 15 shots. Quick has allowed four goals in each of his last two starts, and has allowed 11 goals in 6 1/2 periods against the Red Wings.

— Jeff Carter had one goal (on the power play) and one assist, to push his season totals to 18 goals and 11 assists. Carter has two multi-point games in seven games with the Kings.

— Justin Williams had one goal, his 16th goal and 46th point of the season. Williams has four goals and two assists in his last six games. Williams has one goal and two assists in three games against Detroit this season.

— Dwight King had one goal, his third goal and seventh assist of the season. King has two goals and two assists in his last five games.

— Anze Kopitar had one assist (on the power play) to push his team-high totals to 38 assists and 58 points. Kopitar has recorded at least one point in six consecutive games (three goals, four assists).

— Dustin Brown had one assist, his 23rd assist and 42nd point of the season. Brown has recorded at least one point in seven consecutive games (five goals, six assists).

— Willie Mitchell had one assist, his 13th assist and 17th point of the season. Mitchell has three assists in his last three games.

— Justin Williams recorded a game-high six shots on goal. Colin Fraser was credited with a game-high six hits. Drew Doughty, Matt Greene and Rob Scuderi each were credited with a team-high two blocked shots.

— Drew Doughty led the Kings in ice time, with a game-high 25 minutes, 28 seconds, followed by Slava Voynov, at 21:50. Jeff Carter led all Kings forwards in ice time, at 21:03, followed by Anze Kopitar, at 20:25.

— The Kings won 29 of 55 faceoffs (53 percent). Jarret Stoll won 8 of 20 draws (40 percent). Anze Kopitar won 13 of 18 draws (72 percent). Mike Richards won 8 of 13 draws (62 percent).

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