Kings Article: From Slump to Streak: LA Kings Are Winning Again, But Still Need Work

[FrozenRoyalty]

It's no secret that the Los Angeles Kings, who began the season on quite the hot streak, were pretty much stopped cold in November. They even lost seven out of eight games before a shootout win over the Anaheim Ducks on November 25.
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But that win over Anaheim started the Kings on a five-game winning streak that included a perfect 4-0 record on their most recent road trip.
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What did the Kings improve upon? What did they do differently? What still needs work?
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Dustin Brown, Anze Kopitar and head coach John Stevens discussed those topics in...

From Slump to Streak: LA Kings Are Winning Again, But Still Need Work

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[Sol]

How interesting. Explains a lot about the Chicago game. Can't imagine how difficult it is to stay focused when you are anticipating the flight back home in a few hours after a tightly knit road trip.

 

[KINGS17]

But before winning five straight games, the Kings were mired in a 1-6-1 slump in which they scored just 15 goals while giving up 22.

In stark contrast, the Kings scored 17 goals during their five-game winning streak, while allowing just seven.

The difference in the goals scored during the winning streak is almost 1 per game, but the article still seems like it attributes quite a bit of the winning streak to hot goaltending.

 

[FrozenRoyalty]

The difference in the goals scored during the winning streak is almost 1 per game, but the article still seems like it attributes quite a bit of the winning streak to hot goaltending.

Not sure where you got that. They need goaltending and scoring. The story looks at both, and mostly from the mouths of Brown and Kopitar.

 

[The Pale King]

The difference in the goals scored during the winning streak is almost 1 per game, but the article still seems like it attributes quite a bit of the winning streak to hot goaltending.

Need good goaltending to hold the lead and get those extra 4 EN goals over the last three games.