Truth be told, I was expecting a 10-2 shellacking at the hands of the team everyone is saying to concede the Stanley Cup, aka the Tampa Bay Lightning. While the best team—maybe since the 1976-77 Montreal Canadiens—handed the Kings their 8th straight loss (0-5-3), it felt about a hundred times better than the previous seven losses.
On a day when general manager Rob Blake called out his veteran core to lead it was the young guys who almost led them all the way:
The family texts tonight wrap this game up better than any pithy game summary or running diary I could have written.