-With the loss, Los Angeles fell to 29-89-20 all-time against Montreal, a record that includes an away mark of 9-49-11. The Kings, whose franchise record-tying two-game winning streak against the Canadiens was snapped, have never won back-to-back road games in the series.
-Los Angeles fell to 6-6-2 against the Eastern Conference and 4-3-0 against the Atlantic Division.
-The Kings have averaged 2.94 goals per game over their last 16 games (47 G / 16 GP).
-Los Angeles fell to 2-3-0 on the second night of back-to-back sets.
-Mike Richards’ assist on Drew Doughty’s goal was the 300th assist of his career.
-Martin Jones’ shutout streak ended at 154:17. His six goals allowed represented a career-high.
-With his third period goal, Jake Muzzin now has 15 points (2-13=15) in the last 17 games.
-Drew Doughty played the 472nd game of his career, tying Marty McSorley for the seventh most games played by a defenseman in Kings history.
-The Kings out-hit the Canadiens, 32-19. Matt Greene led Los Angeles with five hits, while Dale Weise led all skaters with six hits.
-The Kings attempted a season-high 92 shots (46 on goal, 32 blocked, 14 missed). Leading shot attempts: Muzzin-14 (6 on goal, 5 blocked, 3 missed), Doughty-9 (5 on goal, 4 blocked), Lewis-8 (7 on goal, 1 missed), Brown-12 (8 on goal, 2 blocked, 2 missed), Martinez-8 (1 on goal, 5 blocked, 2 missed). The Canadiens attempted 41 shots (20 on goal, 11 blocked, 10 missed). With three shots, Tom Gilbert was the only Canadien to finish with more than two shots on goal.
-Los Angeles won 23-of-63 faceoffs (37%). Among regular performers, Mike Richards won 7-of-12, Anze Kopitar won 6-of-18, Trevor Lewis won 2-of-5, Jarret Stoll won 4-of-16, and Jeff Carter won 2-of-10.
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