from Mark Whicker of the LA Daily News,

Last time you turned around, the Kings had finished a triumphant Eastern trip. Now they are 11-5-2, and they have lost three consecutive games, the past two coming at home to Pacific Division opponents.

The latest was Tuesday night, 3-2 at the hands of Vancouver, after the Kings had struck for two goals before the Staples Center crowd had opened its Popcornopolis bags.

The bags were over their heads by the end, as the Kings played a listless second period and then a frenzied third, without result.

“We quit playing our game after that start we had,” Alec Martinez said tersely. “They didn’t.”

The issue is whether the Kings can retain the kind of game that made them the final team in hockey to suffer a regulation loss.

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