Royal Blood: Kings 2, Blackhawks 1

The Chicago Blackhawks lost to the Los Angeles Kings at The United Center on Sunday night by a score of 2-1.

The game got off to a sleepy start as both the Hawks and Kings looked very much the part of two teams that had played the night before.

Halfway through the first, the Max Domi line was in the midst of an extended cycle in the Kings’ zone when Tyler Johnson was tripped up, resulting in a quick exit for the Kings and a Kevin Fiala breakaway. Petr Mrazek made the initial save but drifted out of position, leaving a wide open net for Jarret Anderson-Dolan to slam home the rebound.

Second period started the same with the Kings jamming up the neutral zone and the Hawks failing to generate much…