LOS ANGELES –– The Kings took to the skies, but they were already experiencing turbulence on the ground ahead of their six-game road trip, which will begin Sunday in Pittsburgh.

They lost to those same Penguins on Oct. 16 at home, giving up four unanswered goals to fall 4-2 in a game not dissimilar to their most recent home loss. Thursday, they led 2-1 but went scoreless for 49 minutes and slipped 5-2 to the undermanned Florida Panthers. In all, they’ve lost three of their past four games and six of seven matches at home this season.

In 2024-25, the Kings gave up four or more goals at home just seven times and still managed to win three of those games. In 2025-26, they’ve already ceded four or more six times in just seven home games, accounting for their half-dozen losses at Crypto.com A

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