Last season, the Los Angeles Kings and Calgary Flames ended up intwined in a tight battle for the final playoff spot in the Pacific Division. The Flames won four of five meetings, including the fifth and final that saw them both clinch that fabled playoff spot, and end the defending Stanley Cup Champions' season early.
There is no such battle this go around. The Kings are almost certainly going to make the playoffs this year; they're the only Pacific team in the top half of the NHL standings. And indeed, they looked it, as try as hard as the Flames did, quick goals and Quick goaltending left them closing out 2015 with a 4-1 loss.