March 14 postgame notes

-With the shootout loss, Los Angeles fell to 87-100-34 all-time against the Arizona franchise, a record that includes a home mark of 47-45-17. The Kings fell to 2-1-1 in the season series, with road teams winning all four games. The series concludes on April 2 at Staples Center.

-Los Angeles fell to 19-15-5 against the Western Conference, 9-9-2 against the Pacific Division, 18-11-7 in one-goal games, 19-5-5 when scoring first, 12-10-2 when tied after one period, 17-1-2 when leading after two periods, 13-7 in games that extend past 60 minutes and 25-20-3 when outshooting their opponent.

-The Kings fell to 2-4 in shootouts this season, while the Coyotes improved to 6-1. Ben Bishop moved to 3-2 in shootouts this season and 18-18 in his career, and by stopping nine of 11 shots has now stopped 100 of 144 career shootout attempts (.694). Jeff Carter improved to 3/4 this season and 16/58 in his career, while Anze Kopitar fell to 2/5 this season and 36/95 in his career, Tyler Toffoli fell to 0/1 this season and 0/9 in his career, Jarome Iginla fell to 0/1 this season and 5/23 in his career, Marian Gaborik fell to 0/3 this season and 12/43 in his career, Tanner Pearson fell to 1/4 this season and 1/6 in his career, Nic Dowd fell to 0/2 this season and in his career, Dustin Brown fell to 0/2 this season and 19/63 in his career, Adrian Kempe fell to 0/1 this season and in his career, Drew Doughty fell to 0/1 this season and 2/10 in his career, and Trevor Lewis fell to 0/1 this season and 0/4 in his career.

-The 11-round shootout set a franchise record. Previously, the longest shootout in club history was 10 rounds in a 3-2 shootout loss to Edmonton at Staples Center on February 11, 2010. Anze Kopitar, Wayne Simmonds and Michal Handzus scored for Los Angeles, while Shawn Horcoff, Dustin Penner, Gilbert Brule and Lubomir Visnovsky scored for Edmonton, and Jeff Deslauriers earned the win over Erik Ersberg.

-With a 3-for-3 penalty killing performance, the Kings have now killed off 56-of-60 penalties (a league-best 93.2% over that span) since John Tavares’ power play empty net goal on January 21 at Barclays Center.

-With two goals, Tyler Toffoli extended his point streak to three games (2-2=4).

-Los Angeles attempted 74 shots (46 on goal, 15 blocked, 13 missed). Arizona attempted 57 shots (32 on goal, 10 blocked, 15 missed). Tyler Toffoli and Max Domi tied with a game-high six shots on goal.

-The Kings won 49-of-78 faceoffs (63%). Among regular performers, Anze Kopitar won 22-of-28, Trevor Lewis won 1-of-2, Nic Dowd won 2-of-5, Adrian Kempe won 11-of-19 and Jeff Carter won 13-of-23.

The Kings are scheduled to practice at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, March 15 at Toyota Sports Center. This is likely to be an optional practice.

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