It was over before it began. The Tampa Bay Lightning walked into Los Angeles on a Thursday night, embarrassed the Kings on the power play in the first period, and cruised to an easy 6-2 victory.
Nikita Kucherov scored once and set up three other goals, bringing his point totals on the season to 69 in 41 games, and point total in his career to 400; becoming the first member of his draft class to reach that mark. Kuch also extended his streak of multiple points in a game to seven.