Anze Kopitar broke his streak of goalless games. Jeff Carter got another two. We even saw the return of the handshake celebration!
Everything was going quite well, so why are we writing a sad recap of a 6-3 loss? Blame what Daryl Evans aptly called a “total meltdown” in the second period.
Was the meltdown in goal? You could say that. The Kings’ netminders got beaten twice on shots off the pipe, once at point-blank range, and once when they were on the bench, so you can’t totally fault their performance. But there’s no question that the true spiral started not with the first Sabres’ goal, but with the second.