It’s shaped up to be a good one so far. Probably few people would have guessed that Matt Luff would play an integral role for the Kings in November. The 21-year-old wasn’t high on their depth chart of forwards. But of course this season has taken ugly turns, some of which have been negated by Luff’s joyous goal celebrations.
For the third straight game Saturday, Luff let loose, this time with a big fist pump to shake up Staples Center. But it went down in another loss, 4-2, to the Vancouver Canucks.
It was another impressive rookie, Elias Pettersson, who grabbed a Dion Phaneuf outlet pass and beat goalie Cal Petersen for the game-winning goal as Vancouver ended an eight-game losing streak to send the Kings further hurtling down their spiral.