November 18 postgame notes

-With the win, Los Angeles improved to 19-11-3 all-time against Florida, a record that includes a home mark of 12-5-0. The Kings are 9-2-0 in their last 11 home games versus the Panthers and 13-3-0 in their last 16 games in the series overall. These teams will conclude the season series on February 9 at BB&T Center.

-With the win, Los Angeles improved to 10-3-0 against the Eastern Conference, 7-3-0 against the Atlantic Division, 4-1 in three-goal games, 7-2-0 when scoring first, 5-2-0 when leading after the first period, 6-1-0 when leading after the second period and 5-4-0 when out-shot.

-All Kings other than Christian Folin were on the ice for at least one goal for. Folin finished with five hits and a blocked shot in 20:28 of ice time, his second highest accumulation of the season.

-Los Angeles improved to 2-1-0 on the first night of back-to-back sets.

-Darcy Kuemper stopped all 24 shots to earn his first shutout as a King and the eighth shutout of his career. The Kings’ two other shutouts (2-0 vs PHI 10/5; 4-0 @ MTL 10/18) were recorded by Jonathan Quick.

-Jonny Brodzinski (1-0=1) scored his first career NHL goal, becoming the fifth Los Angeles player to register his first NHL goal this season (also: Kurtis MacDermid, Michael Amadio, Alex Iafallo, Oscar Fantenberg).

 Tyler Toffoli (1-1=2) scored his ninth goal of the season, tying him for the team lead with Anze Kopitar. It was his third game-winning goal of the season, the most on the team and tied for seventh most in the NHL.

-Andy Andreoff (1-0=1) scored his first goal since April 9, 2016.

-Jussi Jokinen (0-1=1) recorded an assist for the second consecutive game. He has two points (0-2=2) in two games with the Kings.

-Anze Kopitar’s 10-game point streak was snapped in the win. It was the longest streak since Dustin Brown recorded points in 10 straight games from February 25 to March 16, 2012 and was the third-longest streak in the NHL through November 17.

-Kurtis MacDermid recorded a game-high six hits over 17:04 of ice time.

-Los Angeles recorded 35 shot attempts (20 on goal, 8 blocked, 7 missed). Florida recorded 43 shot attempts (24 on goal, 10 blocked, 9 missed). Tyler Toffoli led all skaters with six shots on goal. Only nine skaters recorded shots on goal for L.A. (Muzzin, Doughty, Andreoff, Brodzinski, Shore, Lewis, Martinez, Jokinen, Toffoli), with only Jake Muzzin, Jonny Brodzinski, Trevor Lewis and Toffoli generating multiple shots on goal.

-The Kings won 30-of-59 faceoffs (51%). Adrian Kempe won 7-of-11, Anze Kopitar won 10-of-24, Andy Andreoff won 1-of-2, Alex Iafallo won 0-of-1, Nick Shore won 7-of-10, Trevor Lewis won 0-of-1, Dustin Brown won 0-of-2 and Nic Dowd won 5-of-8.

The Kings are in Las Vegas and will not hold a morning skate or practice at Toyota Sports Center on Sunday, November 19.

-Lead photo via Aaron Poole/NHLI

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