The mood in Staples Center ran the spectrum early after puck drop, and none of it was a good sign for the Kings.
They played a sluggish first period in which the big roar in the first 15 minutes was for the score of the Dodgers’ playoff game. It was a low groan when Drew Doughty lay on the ice in pain from a slash to the knee by San Jose Sharks’ Timo Meier.
That turned into silence when Kevin Labanc scored nearly three minutes into overtime for a 3-2 win that spoiled the Kings’ season opener Friday.