-With the loss, Los Angeles fell to 24-16-13 all-time against Minnesota, a record that includes a road mark of 12-8-7. The Kings finished the season series with a 2-1-0 record against the Wild.
-Los Angeles fell to 21-12-10 against the Western Conference and 9-7-3 against the Central Division.
-The Kings’ regulation loss ended a seven-game road point streak (6-0-1).
-Despite allowing two goals on nine shots, Jonathan Quick is 16-5-2 with a 1.81 GAA, a .930 Sv% and three shutouts dating back to February 7 (1322:22 min / 574 shots against / 534 saves).
-Anze Kopitar’s five-game point streak was snapped. He has 15 points (4-11=15) in his last 13 games and eight points (2-6=8) in his last six games.
-Dwight King’s goal was his first since he scored in three consecutive games from February 9-14. He had gone 19 games without a goal.
-With three points, (2-1=3), Mikko Koivu became the Minnesota’s franchise leader in career multi-point games with 115. The record was previously held by Marian Gaborik (114).
-Only 20 hits were credited in the game. Los Angeles out-hit Minnesota, 11-9.
-Los Angeles attempted 73 shots (32 on goal, 24 blocked, 17 missed). Minnesota attempted 34 shots (20 on goal, 7 blocked, 7 missed). Jeff Carter led all skaters with 10 shot attempts (5 on goal, 2 blocked, 3 missed) and finished tied with Marian Gaborik with a game-high five shots on goal.
-The Kings won 32-of-62 faceoffs (52%). Among regular performers, Mike Richards won 8-of-15, Anze Kopitar won 13-of-23, Nick Shore won 5-of-8, and Jeff Carter won 5-of-14. Shore has won 25 of 34 faceoffs on this trip and 59 of his last 93 faceoffs.
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