Petersen surrendered five goals on 20 shots in Saturday's 5-4 home loss to the Hurricanes.
The Kings outshot the Hurricanes, 43-20, but the visitors were extremely efficient within the top-six group at even strength to tilt the outcome in Carolina's favor. Petersen's record drops to 4-3-1 with a 3.12 GAA and .889 save percentage. His overall ratios took a significant hit since he permitted several goals on a relatively low amount of shots.