-With the loss, Los Angeles fell to 77-84-22 all-time against Chicago, a mark that includes a home record of 40-39-11. The Kings are 1-5-0 in the last six regular season meetings with the Blackhawks and including playoffs are 2-9-0 in the last 10 meetings overall.
-The Kings fell to 17-15-3 against the Western Conference and 6-9-2 against the Central Division.
-The Kings are 5-14-2 in their last 21 games. They have held only one third period lead in the last nine games.
-In the last seven games Anze Kopitar has scored on four of 24 shots. His three-point performance was his third three-point game and 10th multi-point game of the season.
-The Kings fell to 19-4-0 when scoring three or more goals in a game.
-In his last 26 games, Mike Richards has one goal, eight points and a minus-11 rating.
-In his last 11 games, Dustin Brown has no points and a minus-8 rating.
-In his last 13 games, Justin Williams has one assist and a minus-5 rating.
-Jeff Carter posted his second two-assist game and seventh multi-point game of the season.
-Chicago’s streak of 25 consecutive successful penalty kills was snapped by Drew Doughty’s first period power play goal.
-Patrick Kane scored his NHL-leading 18th and 19th road goals. He finished with a game-high six shots on goal and did not have any attempts blocked.
-With two assists, Patrick Sharp now has 34 points (19-15=34) in 29 career games against Los Angeles.
-The Kings won 41-of-63 faceoffs (65%). Amongst regular performers, Mike Richards won 9-of-12, Anze Kopitar won 9-of-14, Trevor Lewis won 6-of-6, Colin Fraser won 1-of-3, Jarret Stoll won 10-of-17 and Jeff Carter won 6-of-9.
Tuesday, February 4 is a scheduled recovery day for the Kings. The team’s next practice will be at Toyota Sports Center at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, February 5.
Rules for Blog Commenting
Repeated violations of the blog rules will result in site bans, commensurate with the nature and number of offenses.
Please flag any comments that violate the site rules for moderation. For immediate problems regarding problematic posts, please email zdooley@lakings.com.