Final: Avs 4, Kings 3 shootout
Here are some notes from tonight's Kings game.·
Tonight was Sean O'Donnell's 400th game as a King. He ranks 10th all-time among Kings defensemen in games played.
· The Kings allowed 29 shots tonight. The last time they gave up that many was Oct. 27 vs. Detroit. They've only allowed 29-plus shots three times this season (the other was 41 Oct. 11 at San Jose).
· Drew Doughty played a season-high 28:57 tonight. He also had four blocked shots.
· The Kings are now 4-1-5 all-time in overtime against the Avalanche.
· Dustin Brown had seven shots on goal tonight. He now has 87 this season, which is third most in the NHL.
· Anze Kopitar is now two assists away from 100 as a King and in the NHL. He leads the Kings this season with 12 helpers overall.

Rich Hammond has covered the Kings, on a full-time or part-time basis, since the 2000-01 season. He was the beat writer for the entire John Torchetti era and has witnessed Bob Miller singing country music in a Nashville honky-tonk bar. A native of Los Angeles, Rich has worked at the Daily News since 1999 and also serves as the paper's deputy sports editor. E-mail Rich at
Jill Painter joined the Daily News in 2000 and during the last eight years she's covered the Dodgers, Cal State Northridge, UCLA, Kings, golf and everything in between. Even though she's from Colorado, she still freezes in the Staples Center press box but always manages to thaw her fingers in time to make deadline. E-mail Jill at 

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