Postgame notes (April 23)

Some notes from last night’s game…

— The Kings kept their season alive as they beat the San Jose Sharks 3-1 in Game 5 on Saturday night at HP Pavilion.

— The Sharks lead 3-2 in the best-of-seven first-round series, with Game 6 to be played Monday night at Staples Center (7 p.m. start time).

— All-time, the Kings have trailed 3-2 in a series 10 times, and have won three. The Sharks have led 3-2 in a series seven times, and have won five.

— Jonathan Quick set a franchise playoff record for goalies with 51 saves. The Kings were outshot 52-22 and set a franchise playoff record for most shots on goal against in a playoff game. The Calgary Flames had 50 shots on goal against the Kings in a 1988 playoff game. Quick was 4-0 in the regular season when he faced at least 40 shots on goal in regulation. In the series’ three games in San Jose, Quick has stopped 127 of 131 shots, for a .969 save percentage. (Thanks to Nick Nickson for those last two stats…)

— The Kings, on aggregate, have outscored the Sharks 17-16 in this series.

— The Kings went 0-for-1 on the power play and 4-for-4 on the penalty kill. In the series, the Kings are 3-for-20 on the power play and 18-for-20 on the penalty kill.

— Wayne Simmonds had one goal and one assist. In 11 career playoff games, Simmonds has three goals and three assists.

— Kyle Clifford had one goal and one assist. Clifford has a team-high three goals in the series and, with five points, is tied with Brad Richardson for the team lead. The last Kings rookie to record five points in a playoff series was Warren Rychel in 1993.

— Kevin Westgarth had one assist, for his second point of the series.

— Rob Scuderi had one assist, for his second point of the series. Scuderi has one goal and nine assists in 60 career playoff games.

— Brad Richardson had one assist. Richardson has five points in the series (two goals, three assists), which is tied with Kyle Clifford for the team lead.

— Jack Johnson recorded a team-high four shots on goal. Dustin Brown and Kevin Westgarth each were credited with a team-high three hits. Willie Mitchell was credited with a game-high six blocked shots.

— Willie Mitchell played a game-high 28 minutes, 9 seconds. Trevor Lewis led all Kings forwards in ice time at 19:29.

— The Kings won 31 of 56 faceoffs (55 percent). Jarret Stoll won 15 of 17 draws (88 percent).