October 30 postgame notes

-With the loss, Los Angeles fell to 80-88-22 all-time against Chicago, a record that includes a road mark of 38-48-11. These teams will meet at Staples Center on November 26 and April 8.

-The Kings fell to 2-3-0 against the Central Division and 3-4-0 against the Western Conference.

-Los Angeles was shut out in back-to-back games for the first time since March 21 and 23, 2013, when they lost 2-0 to Dallas and 1-0 to Vancouver at Staples Center.

-Chicago did not allow a power play goal in a game for the first time this season.

-Drew Doughty appeared in his 615th NHL game, moving him game behind Mark Hardy for 10th place on the Kings all-time games played list and fourth on the all-time list of games played by a Los Angeles defenseman.

-By playing in his 441st game as a King, Matt Greene moved within one game of Steve Duchesne for 10th place all-time amongst Los Angeles defensemen. In his first game since October 14, Greene issued three hits and blocked two shots in 11:37.

-Jake Muzzin appeared in his 299th career game.

-Alec Martinez logged 26:26 of ice time, his highest TOI since logging 27:06 in a 3-2 shootout loss in Edmonton on December 30, 2014 and the second-highest ice time total of his career.

-The Kings attempted 53 shots (32 on goal, 10 blocked, 11 missed). The Blackhawks attempted 57 shots (29 on goal, 16 blocked, 12 missed). Tyler Toffoli led all skaters with five shots on goal. None of his shots were blocked or missed the net. Alec Martinez led all skaters with eight shot attempts (4 on goal, 3 blocked, 1 missed).

-Los Angeles won 29-of-57 faceoffs (49%). Among regular participants, Anze Kopitar won 9-of-19, Andy Andreoff won 1-of-1, Trevor Lewis won 3-of-5, Nic Dowd won 4-of-10 and Jeff Carter won 11-of-19.

The Kings are scheduled to practice at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, October 31 at Toyota Sports Center.

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