They were achingly close to tying their first-round playoff series against the Vegas Golden Knights. They almost did it without Drew Doughty, as their makeshift defense held Vegas to two goals. But Jonathan Quick was direct after a 2-1 double-overtime loss in Game 2.
"If you're trying to pull positives [out of a loss], you're in trouble if you're looking for that," the goaltender said.
"I think, to a man, we know that we've got more," center Jeff Carter said. "We've got a few areas that we can clean up that I think will help us out in generating more offense.