Recap: Coaching decisions, flat performances sink Penguins in LA

Pregame

After a seemingly never-ending almost two hour tribute to Dustin Brown, the game finally begins. Kris Letang is back from a one-game absence to due to injury and the Penguins elect to bump Chad Ruhwedel and not Mark Friedman from the lineup. Casey DeSmith is also going to do something not done by a Penguins’ goalie since 2019 by starting both games in a back-to-back, which usually does not tend to work out well historically speaking.

Here's a look at the line combos that the Penguins will use in this late-night matchup \u2b07\ufe0f pic.twitter.com/i6xuDJxWEN

— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) February 12, 2023 First period

The Kings get off to a good start, they get the Pens’ fourth line…