The special teams can be, well, special: Not only did the Kings take the lead on Anze Kopitar’s second-period power-play goal — the team’s third goal in two games with the man advantage — but they also killed off five Vancouver power plays.
“Obviously, the power play has been scoring a lot lately, so we’ve been pretty happy with that,” defenseman Drew Doughty said. “But our penalty kills have been something that we’ve been a little concerned that we haven’t been where we need to be. And tonight we were.