When the tale of the Kings’ 2017 is written, the focus will be primarily on April, when LA missed the playoffs, fired Darryl Sutter and Dean Lombardi, and moved into a new era. The Kings have done quite a bit in the last few months to make sure we’ll have some other things to talk about when we discuss this year, but they saved one of their best overall performances for their final game of the year. And it underscored the biggest change in LA’s philosophy and performance, as the offense looked niiiiice.
The Kings’ 4-3 win in Vancouver was notable for several reasons, not least among them the fact that LA has struggled mightily within the Pacific Division this season.