Trying to follow up one of their best games of the season would have been a tough act on its own, let alone against the Predators, who look like they have all the pieces to raise the Stanley Cup this season. The Kings lost 5-0 in a game that simply displayed one team with Cup hopes and the other trying to make the playoffs.
The Predators fed off the energy and the Kings generated only trace plays and no prolonged attack. Kings coach John Stevens knew what his team was up against before the game when he was asked about Nashville's defense.