A few flickers of hope, only to be blown out by the massive issues that have raged out of control.
Thursday’s 4-1 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets could have been a microcosm of the Kings’ season. They were good at times, but not good enough. Close, but not close enough. Overall, they were simply beat by a better, hungrier team.
The Buffalo game took a bite out of them. It’s never an excuse, but it was a considerable task to ramp it back up emotionally for the Kings after they were one shot away from pulling out a win Tuesday against the Buffalo Sabres.