Drew Doughty cut through the statistics and got to the heart of why the Kings’ penalty killing has dropped off so profoundly.
Having been on the ice for some of the 22 power-play goals allowed by the Kings, Doughty knows it’s taken a toll on their collective psyche.
“I think we’re sometimes going out there hoping that they’re not going to score a goal, rather than going out there and believing that everything’s going to go the right away and they’re not going to score a goal,” Doughty said. “When you have that little slight bit of doubt, things go in the wrong direction, but it’s hard to think positively when we are getting scored on so much.