Game 30: Kings vs Nashville Predators 1:4

Slow-footed Kings suffer again after days off

Kings got sent home flying...
(photo courtesy of www.yahoo.com)

LA goals from: Alexander Frolov
NSH goals from: Hartnell, Smithson, Timonen, Radulov

Pros: The main plus of this game was the fact that I was able to see it from tape in a relative proximity of the game itself. It seemed like the Kings did lack effort in backchecking and defense (I'm willing to give Peter Harrold a pass on a swing-and-miss that led to the Preds' SHG). There were a lot of strange bounces on all five goals and with a little bit more luck, the outcome could have been different. It was NOT as if the Preds totally outplayed the Kings. They outhustled us, that's for sure.

Cons: No-one, apart from Cammalleri and Armstrong at times, took the responsibility to shake the slopiness and slumber off the team. There seemed to be a lot to shots taken straight at Mason or quite wide of his goal.