It was quite a twist to a Kings’ season gone wrong, but they’ll take any approach that leads them out of this abyss.
A 4-1 win at Staples Center breathed new life into the Kings, who woke up Saturday as the NHL’s worst team, with seven points, and a disturbing 44 goals allowed, including 37 in the previous eight contests. But they might have staved off an impending shakeup and, in the meantime, exhaled after a hard-earned win that they desperately needed.
Brown and Kopitar sparked it with a shorthanded rush that resulted in Kopitar’s second-chance goal at 7:44 of the third period.