A marker that you’ve improved as a hockey club is when you finally succeed at a challenge at which you had constantly failed. The Montreal Canadiens had lost eight straight to Los Angeles heading into the Kings visit to the Bell Centre.

Make that nine. The Kings have the formula to beat the Canadiens, playing a heavy game and slowing down Montreal’s speed.

It was not close. The Kings won 5-1.

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Apart from a laser beam from Josh Anderson into the top corner in the first period, little was impressive from the Canadiens. It’s a long season, and a fast skating team isn’t always going to have good legs. We know that the Canadiens are fast, but they didn’t appear it.

The Canadiens had almost no high-danger scoring chances. They were kept to the outside. No reason to fill this c

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