January 16 postgame notes

-With the win, Los Angeles improved to 71-95-24 all-time against St. Louis, a record that includes a 26-59-11 mark on the road. The Kings are 8-2-0 in the last 10 regular season meetings and 16-4-0 in the last 20 overall meetings between the teams. Los Angeles finished 2-1 against St. Louis in 2013-14 and won the season series between the teams for the third consecutive year.

-After 48 games, the Kings are 29-14-5. In the 48-game 2012-13 season, the Kings finished 27-16-5.

-The Kings improved to 6-8-2 against the Central Division and are 23-6-3 against all other teams.

-Los Angeles’ penalty kill has killed off 20 consecutive power plays, facing a total of 33 shots over that 36:52 span. The last player to notch a power play goal against the Kings was Vancouver’s Ryan Kesler, who opened the scoring in a 3-1 Los Angeles win on January 4.

-Los Angeles’ power play has two goals on its last 33 chances.

-Jeff Carter has 18 points (10-8=18) in the last 17 games and 33 shots on goal in the last five games.

-Since returning from injured reserve, Jonathan Quick is 4-1-1 with a 1.32 GAA, .947 Sv% and a shutout, having stopped 142 of 150 shots.

-Jaden Schwartz’s stretch of 23 straight games with an even or plus performance ended with a minus-three rating in the Kings’ win.

-Trevor Lewis and Patrik Berglund tied with a game-high five shots on goal.

-Trevor Lewis, Jay Bouwmeester and Roman Polak tied with a game-high three blocked shots.

-Jonathan Quick recorded his second assist of the season.

-The Kings won 26-of-56 faceoffs. Amongst regular performers, Mike Richards won 6-of-16, Anze Kopitar won 5-of-13, Colin Fraser won 4-of-5, Jarret Stoll won 8-of-15, and Jeff Carter won 3-of-7.

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