For at least one play per game, shows off his playmaking ability.
Against the Ottawa Senators, he sped down right wing and stick-handled around a defender. It elicited oohs from the Staples Center crowd, but it didn’t lead to a goal.
That’s about how it’s gone for Leipsic lately: flashes of skill and finesse but little scoring and finish. He has one goal in 18 games since he joined the Kings as a waiver acquisition yet remains their second-line right wing, a shortfall that coach Willie Desjardins acknowledges has to change.