“Yeah, we were flat,” Darryl Sutter said. “We didn’t play much of our game at all.”
With Jhonas Enroth making his eighth start of the season while Jonathan Quick recovers on a day-to-day basis, the Kings fell behind three goals in the first period, finding themselves in a tough position playing from behind.
Johnny Boychuk was the first to score for the Islanders, giving New York a 1-0 lead six minutes into the game when he fired a slap-shot past Jhonas Enroth’s glove side, off the post and in.
Boychuk’s goal was the result of the Islanders cashing in on a Kings turnover in the neutral zone.