March 16 postgame notes

-With the win, Los Angeles improved to 83-96-33 all-time against the Arizona franchise, a record that includes a home mark of 47-42-16. The Kings are 9-2-0 in their last 11 home games against the Coyotes and finished the season with a 3-0-1 head-to-head record.

-Los Angeles improved to 21-10-9 against the Western Conference and 12-4-6 against the Pacific Division.

-The Kings have now won 12 of 34 one-goal games this season (12-9-13).

-With the win, the Kings have tied the most points at home (51) through 37 games in team history (also 1990-91).

-Andy Andreoff’s game-winning goal was his first NHL goal and point.

– Jonathan Quick registered his sixth shutout of the season and 37th shutout of his career. The 37 shutouts are tied for the fourth most among active goals with Pittsburgh’s Marc-Andre Fleury. Dating back to February 7th, Quick has posted a 13-3-1 record in the 17 games he has played with a .933 Sv%, 1.67 GAA and three shutouts.

-With a 2-for-2 performance, Los Angeles has killed off 41 of the last 43 penalties, dating back to David Jones’ second period goal in Los Angeles’ 5-3 win over Calgary on February 12. Penalty killing ice time leaders were Drew Doughty (2:55), Robyn Regehr (2:55), Jeff Carter (1:40), Tyler Toffoli (1:30), Anze Kopitar (1:19), Jake Muzzin (1:05), Matt Greene (1:05), Dustin Brown (1:01) and Dwight King (1:01).

-Brayden McNabb played his 100th career NHL game. McNabb (0-1=1) has four points (0-4=4) in the last four games.

-Jordan Nolan (0-1=1) tallied his seventh point of the season, three shy of his career-high set last season (6-4=10).

-Drew Doughty (27:31 TOI) was the only Kings skater to record 20-plus minutes of ice time.

-Los Angeles out-hit Arizona 45-34. Nick Shore finished with a game-high six hits.

-The Kings recorded 65 shot attempts (35 on goal, 18 blocked, 12 missed). The Coyotes recorded 42 shot attempts (25 on goal, 11 blocked, 6 missed). Andrej Sekera (4 on goal, 3 blocked) and Drew Doughty (4 on goal, 2 blocked, 1 missed) led all skaters with four shots on goal and seven shot attempts. Jake Muzzin and Jordan Nolan were the only Los Angeles skaters who failed to record a shot on goal. 13 of the Kings’ 35 shots on goal and 30 of their 65 shot attempts were recorded by defensemen.

-Los Angeles won 33-of-53 faceoffs (62%). Among regular performers, Anze Kopitar won 13-of-19, Andy Andreoff won 5-of-6, Trevor Lewis won 0-of-1, Nick Shore won 7-of-10 and Jeff Carter won 8-of-16.

The Kings are scheduled to practice at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, March 17 at Toyota Sports Center.

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