-With the loss, Los Angeles fell to 81-81-39 all-time against Edmonton, a record that includes a road mark of 38-45-18. The loss snapped a six-game winning streak since Edmonton’s 4-2 win at Rexall Place on April 7, 2015. L.A. is 21-3-3 overall in the last 27 head-to-head meetings and 1-1-0 in the season series. These teams will meet again on March 20 and 28 at Rogers Arena and April 4 at Staples Center.
-The Kings fell to 9-9-2 against the Western Conference, 5-5-0 against the Pacific Division, 3-3 in two-goal games, 6-6-1 when tied after one period, 1-12-1 when trailing after two periods and 5-4-0 when outshot by their opponents.
-Los Angeles finished a season-long stretch of nine consecutive games away from Staples Center with a 3-4-2 record: (3-6 L @ BUF, 4-1 W @ DET, 1-0 OTW @ PIT; 0-1 L @ BOS; 2-3 SOL @ CBJ; 4-0 W @ NSH; 2-3 OTL @ DAL; 1-2 L @ VAN; 1-3 L @ EDM).
-Peter Budaj stopped 32 of 34 shots. Since allowing six goals on 23 shots in Buffalo on December 13, Kings goalies have combined to stop 216 of the last 227 shots (.952 Sv%) they’ve faced over a seven-game span.
-Since ending a 19-game stretch in which they averaged 3.05 goals per game, Los Angeles has scored 11 goals in its last seven games for an average of 1.57 goals per game.
-By coaching his 1,239th career game, Darryl Sutter tied Bryan Murray for 14th place in the NHL’s all-time games coached list.
-Jeff Carter’s four-game point streak (5-1=6) was snapped.
-Drew Doughty played his 200th consecutive game.
-Anze Kopitar has one goal in his last 25 games and two points (1-1=2) in his last 11 games.
-The Kings attempted 51 shots (29 on goal, 18 blocked, 4 missed). The Oilers attempted 70 shots (35 on goal, 17 blocked, 18 missed). Drew Doughty, Tanner Pearson, Jordan Eberle, Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid tied with a game-high five shots on goal. Every L.A. player was credited with at least one hit, led by Dustin Brown’s seven.
-Los Angeles won 23-of-57 faceoffs. Among regular performers, Anze Kopitar won 8-of-21, Nick Shore won 4-of-11, Nic Dowd won 6-of-9 and Jeff Carter won 5-of-15.
The Kings are scheduled to hold an off-ice workout at noon at Toyota Sports Center on Friday, December 30.
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