Married Ines Dominic in a lavish ceremony at Otocec Castle (Ljubljana, Slovenia). Among the guests were Matthew Perry.
11th overall pick by the Los Angeles Kings in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft. Kopitar's jersey number is 11.
Speaks Serbian, German, Swedish, and English.
First Slovenian to make the NHL. Stanley Cup winner (2012, 2014). His brother, Gasper, plays for Ontario (CA) Reign of the ECHL. Their father, Matjaz, is the coach of the Slovenia national hockey team.
His first name Anze is a diminutive of a given name Janez, a traditional Slovenian form of the Latin given name Johannes (Ioannes), and as such equivalent for Johnny (or Johnnie) in English.