The first period wasn't even half over Saturday when the Kings received an omen that perhaps things weren't going to go their way against the Tampa Bay Lightning.
After the teams exchanged early goals, the Kings were on a power play when Anze Kopitar fired a wrister behind Lightning goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy, toward the far post.
A sure goal, right? Or at least a dangerous rebound to Jake Muzzin, who was perched on the edge of the right faceoff circle.
A minute later Alex Killorn skated out the penalty box, collected a pass Steven Stamkos had bounced off the boards, and beat Kings goalie Darcy Kuemper with a soft wrister, giving Tampa a lead it would never lose in a 4-3 win.