In Los Angeles, the visiting St Louis Blues scored four straight goals in the first period before the Kings managed some reply late in the frame.
That was it for the game.
Brayden Schenn struck for two of the Blues goals.
“It’s crazy what a little bit of winning and confidence can do to a hockey team and, you know, obviously we’re feeling it as a group right now,” Schenn said. “We believe in one another coming to the rink. Like I said, we had some success early again this year and now we’re just trying to roll with it.”
Jordan Binnington made 29 saves in the win.
Alex Iafallo scored to stop the Blues run, but it was far too little, far too late.
“We weren’t ready. I think that was pretty evident,” Kings coach Todd McLellan said. “There’s times where you come home from a trip and you’re a little bit concerned. Certainly with the break lingering also there was concern there, and my concern showed up.”
Vince Dunn and Jaden Schwartz also scored in the first period surge.
“I think, obviously, this time of year it could be easy to get distracted knowing a couple days off coming up here, but it was big for us to start well and kind of get our legs underneath us,” Alex Pietrangelo (two assists) said. “We did exactly that.”
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Jonathan Quick made 24 saves in the loss.
“I still think we could have come out of the game better had we just been responsible,” McLellan said. “Lack of a good start and lack of responsibility in two face-off situations and chase it all night against the Stanley Cup champs, that’s what you get.”
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