LA Kings (Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports)
The LA Kings salvaged the series finale against the San Jose Sharks on Thursday with a brilliant effort in all three phases.
A consistent theme for the LA Kings so far this season has been that they don’t start games well.
Having not won a game since January, the Kings came out with an early sense of urgency on Thursday, though. It was something we haven’t seen from them much this year.
Anze Kopitar opened the scoring after early pressure by the LA Kings led to an early power play, his third straight game with a goal, and just the third time in 13 games this season LA had struck first.