1.   As the series has dragged on, Kings coach Andy Murray has emphasized staying away from unnecessary penalties.

2.   A key turnover, an unnecessary penalty, futile power plays and less-than-spectacular goaltending were among the reasons for their defeat.

3.   Campbell was talking about four unnecessary penalties among the three players, two of them by LaCroix.

4.   In his younger days, it was thought that he could be baited into hurting his team by taking unnecessary penalties.

5.   Later, on the same shift, another Devils veteran, John MacLean, took an unnecessary penalty for interfering with Sundstrom.

6.   Momesso had been benched for a game as punishment for taking an unnecessary penalty in overtime on Tuesday night.

7.   Robitaille, who took an unnecessary penalty that negated a power play, has no goals and one assist in his last eight games.

8.   Stu Grimson took the kind of unnecessary penalty the Kings had been avoiding.

9.   The NFL officials assess too many unnecessary penalties, blow too many calls and decide too many games.

10.   The players continued in the same vein, taking unnecessary penalties through the evening and then shouting at the referee who called them.