It’s official: with 10 games left, the Los Angeles Kings have been eliminated from playoff contention.
It happened with a whimper, not a bang. In a third period where the Kings were trailing by just one goal, they mustered only two shots. Sure, there were a handful of shots that went wide, and the Jets did their share of work to block shots, but.
Two shots.
It’s not as though elimination wasn’t expected — the fact that it hadn’t happened earlier is a testament to how underwhelming the West has been this season.