For the second time in three seasons, the Kings won’t have Jonathan Quick available, at least for the near future. Quick was placed on injured reserve with a lower-body injury, throwing a scare into the goaltending situation.
The Kings needed to show they can adapt with Jack Campbell, at home against a team on the rebuild, and that’s what Sunday’s 4-2 win at Staples Center was about.
Campbell looks ready to pick up where he left off. It’s not a big sample size: Campbell appeared in five games last season. But he came up big in a win at the Vegas Golden Knights and in an overtime loss, on a back-to-back, at the Winnipeg Jets late last season.