The puck sat untouched in the middle of the crease but never made it much farther than that.
Nick Shore swung at it but did not connect. Brayden McNabb rushed toward the net and stabbed at it. Dwight King joined the crowd and it soon felt like all of the Kings, and an arena of fans, were trying to will the puck into the net.
But it didn’t work. Little did in the Kings’ 4-0 loss to the Detroit Red Wings at the Staples Center on Thursday night, which started a seven-game home stand on a sour note.