Whatever modest progress the Kings believed they made by winning two of three games in their recent trip to Chicago, Nashville and St. Louis vanished on Wednesday beneath a barrage of Colorado power-play goals and the Kings’ inability to capitalize on their own power plays.
They lost forward Adrian Kempe to a lower-body injury late in the first period and coach Willie Desjardins said he didn’t think it would be a long-term injury but more would be known in the coming days.
Here’s what we learned from the Kings’ 7-3 loss — their worst goal-against total of the season — to the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday:
Colorado converted its first three power-play chances and three of four overall; the Kings were 0 for 3 and have gone seven games without scoring a power-play goal.