It was the most comical sight of Saturday's 6-0 victory against the Arizona Coyotes: Anze Kopitar dragging Tanner Pearson to the Kings bench after Pearson's boot malfunction in the first period.
From there the Kings were on their way to erasing from their memory a 5-0 loss to Nashville on Thursday.
"We needed that response," Iafallo said. "We did a lot of preparation. We were ready to go tonight. We've got to keep that feeling [going] and keep at it here."
Of course, the Kings weren't proud of their own, maddingly inconsistent game lately and change was reflected in the scratches of Marian Gaborik and Nick Shore.