The Kings went scoreless in their final two games, a painfully familiar statistic, and they looked out of sync at times. They lost three forwards to injury, including second-leading scorer Dustin Brown, and their playmaker of the future, Gabriel Vilardi, still hasn’t practiced with the team.
No doubt, the Kings will need to rely on their depth players even more as a banged-up start to the 2018-19 season gets going Friday against San Jose at Staples Center.
If there’s a silver lining to the black-and-blue injuries, it’s that some of those players are ready for more responsibility as the Kings continue the search for scoring.