If his scoring chances had dried up, Kings center Anze Kopitar might worry about his paltry production. So far the chances have been there, and so is his optimism.
"If the opportunities are coming, I still feel confident about myself that I'm still the same guy and I'm still going to put up numbers," he said. "I think it's just a matter of playing hard and the opportunities are going to come. Eventually the points have to come, too."
Points have been strangely scarce this season for one of the NHL's best two-way centers.