“We’re Playing Well” But Not Winning

Los Angeles—The LA Kings are dealing with two problems, not unrelated to one another. First, they have lost Joel Armia and Anze Kopitar to injury, but the reality is that hockey sometimes takes a physical toll. Second, they can’t score. So it was that they came into Monday’s game versus Dallas with some giant holes to fill in their lineup and with the desperate need to figure out how to fill the opposing net with pucks. Neither question was effectively answered.