Kings get off the mat to beat Ducks 2-1

Ducks left wing Mike Liambas and Kings defenseman Kurtis MacDermid fight during the first period on Nov. 25. (Mark J. Terrill / Associated Press)Getting up off the mat took on two meanings for the Kings.

Frustrated and irritable from a string of losses, they were perfectly willing to take out those aggressions against the Ducks on Saturday night. But that came to a literal halt when Ducks defenseman Kevin Bieksa delivered an incredible knockout blow to Andy Andreoff on the first punch of their opening-period tussle.

Andreoff never returned. But the Kings did.

Down a goal with 92 seconds remaining against the vulnerable and depleted Ducks, the Kings tied it on Dustin Brown’s goal with an extra…