As if it weren’t bad enough to surrender a 3-1 lead, the Kings now also have to grapple with potential injuries to two of their defensemen.
Drew Doughty played 9:25, all in the first period, and then didn’t return after suffering an upper body injury.
Doughty, obviously, is the driving force of the Kings blue line, and being without him is not the ideal scenario. But still: playing with five defensemen is doable.
And then Dion Phaneuf went back and forth down the tunnel in the second, and did not come back out for the third.