LOS ANGELES — The Islanders went oh-for-California. Worse, the way they played the last two games in no way resembled the team that put together a franchise record point streak.
The Islanders did way too much wrong in Wednesday night’s 4-1 loss to the Kings at Staples Center to conclude an 0-2-1 trek, leaving them with back-to-back regulation losses for just the second time this season. They mishandled the puck in their own zone. They lost the special teams battle. They didn’t get a good enough performance from goalie Semyon Varlamov.
The Islanders (16-5-2), who managed to score just two goals in the three games, went 0-for-3 on the power play and were 0-for-11 on the trip.