Though the Kings had respectable starts in all four games, they came undone in the second period of Game 2 and were down 2-0 in the first period of Game 3 thanks to Edmonton’s early opportunism.
LOS ANGELES –– As the Kings navigated a minefield of a first-round series that had seen them get blown up for 14 goals in two mortifying losses, they sought an equilibrium between eagerness and impatience.
“You can get roped into it, the way they like to play. They take more chances than we do,” defenseman Mikey Anderson said. “When things aren’t going great, it’s easy to get derailed from it. But obviously we’ve done a good job all year, when we’ve been down, of finding a way to claw back and doing it within our structure.”
“When I say we have to get back to our game, our game is also making decisions that are precise and instant, not in-between,” he continued. “If you’re playing in-between against that team, you’re done.”There was little in the way of gray areas or interstices for Sunday’s Game 4. A 2-2 count would have effectively shortened the series to three games, whereas a 3-1 deficit would have placed the Kings in a position from which only 29 teams have recovered from in the 105-year history of the NHL.
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