For one brief, shining moment, the Kings had a hint of a balanced lineup. Having the luxury of moving Tyler Toffoli and Tanner Pearson to the third line seemed like it could have given the Kings the secondary scoring they’ve been missing for quite some time.
And then: chaos.
#LAKings forwards, via color-coding:
Iafallo-Kopitar-Kovalchuk
Pearson-Carter-Toffoli
Wagner-Kempe-Lewis
Clifford-Amadio-Thompson-Anderson-Dolan— Jon Rosen (@lakingsinsider) October 2, 2018Suddenly, Ilya Kovalchuk is back on the top line, Toffoli and Pearson get another shot with Jeff Carter, and the third and fourth lines are back to being a mess.