LOS ANGELES –– The Kings had won just one of their first six decisions as they took to the skies for a five-game trip without captain Anže Kopitar, who remained week-to-week with a fractured foot.

This journey will take them to St. Louis and Dallas before thrusting them into a back-to-back set in Nashville and Chicago, then sending them onto San Jose for the finale.

They have surrendered the game’s first goal in four of six contests. They’ve given up three or more unanswered goals in five of their six matches and at least two in a row in all six outings. The rates at which they took and killed penalties were both problematic, and the team has yet to hold a third-period lead.

“Everybody knows that we’re gonna get wins, we’re gonna be better at the start of games and all that kind of stuf

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