The Kings anticipated another playoff matchup with the Edmonton Oilers this season and envisioned it as being different from the past two years, when the Oilers sent them to golf tees and fishing boats in successive springs.
Ahead of Wednesday night’s Game 2 in Canada, there was little from Wednesday’s Game 1 to support any turning of the tide.
For the Kings, there was to be a toothier penalty kill, and during the regular season there was, as their PK ascended from 24th to second in the NHL.