December 1 postgame notes

-With the win, Los Angeles improved to 104-99-36 all-time against Vancouver, a record that includes a home mark of 64-40-18. The Kings are 1-1-0 against the Canucks this season and will renew the rivalry at Rogers Arena on December 28.

-Los Angeles improved to 10-5-0 against the Western Conference, 4-4-0 against the Pacific Division, 9-4-1 in one-goal games, 4-0 in games decided in overtime and 3-6-0 when trailing after two periods.

-With the win, the Kings registered their seventh win of the season when allowing the first goal (7-6-1). That is tied for the most wins in the league with the St. Louis and the third best winning percentage in the league this season. Los Angeles tied Calgary, Dallas and Montreal for the league lead with their third win when entering the third period trailing.

-Via Elias Sports, Anze Kopitar’s sixth career overtime goal surpassed Luc Robitaille and Ziggy Palffy for the most overtime goals in Kings history.

-With his third period goal, Drew Doughty (69-211=280) surpassed Lubomir Visnovsky (70-209=279) for fourth place on the club’s all-time list of goals by a defenseman.

-Los Angeles allowed 16 shots against in the win, the fewest allowed in a game this season and the fewest since allowing 10 shots against (tying a team record) versus Colorado on April 4, 2015.

-Jeff Carter extended his point streak to four games (1-3=4).

-Nick Shore recorded his first assist of the season, seventh career assist and 10th career point.

-The Kings attempted 73 shots (40 on goal, 17 blocked, 16 missed). The Canucks attempted 31 shots (16 on goal, 5 blocked, 10 missed). Tanner Pearson led all skaters with five shots on goal, while Tyler Toffoli led all skaters with nine shot attempts (4 on goal, 3 blocked, 2 missed).

-Los Angeles won 41-of-63 faceoffs (65%). Among regular performers, Anze Kopitar won 14-of-19, Andy Andreoff won 0-of-2, Nick Shore won 13-of-20, Trevor Lewis won 2-of-3 and Jeff Carter won 9-of-16.

The Kings are scheduled to practice in two groups at Toyota Sports Center on Wednesday, December 2. The first group is scheduled to take the ice at 10:00 a.m., with the second group scheduled to practice at 11:00.

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