from Lisa Dillman of the LA Times,

The Kings have rarely looked so rattled in the Sutter Era.

Not only are they failing to protect third-period leads, the Kings are imploding with a series of mistakes at crucial junctures. They took a third-period lead with Gaborik's 17th goal of the season, coming on the power play at 2:19, but promptly lost the chance to make up ground in the playoff race.

"To be honest, the way we lost, it is what it is," Kings center Jarret Stoll said. "We lost two points. We had two. Then we had one. And then we got none. That's the bottom line."

You have to wonder whether the spectacular meltdown could have a lasting impact.

"We got zero points tonight," Stoll said. "Yeah, it's a tough loss. But we got zero points."

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