The Kings can't let their romp over league-worst Arizona on Saturday fool them into thinking all is well. They'll probably have to finish among the top three teams in the Pacific division in order to make the playoffs because teams in the stacked Central division are likely to grab the two West wild-card spots. The Kings seem to carom from one extreme to the other, sandwiching shutouts of Dallas and Arizona around a weak effort in a shutout loss at Nashville. Rob Blake's best move since becoming general manager was signing goaltender Darcy Kuemper, who has provided excellent backup to an off-his-game Jonathan Quick.
What we learned in NHL over the last week of play: Kings must be more consistent
