In Los Angeles, Jonathan Quick made 21 saves, and the Kings defeated the Anaheim Ducks, 4-1, on Monday night. 
It was the fifth straight loss for the Ducks who seem out-manned and out-worked in every match.
“This season’s been a little challenging to kind of get our guys some confidence and get the puck in the back of the net,” Anaheim’s Cam Fowler said. “It’s something that we’re aware of. We’re trying to be more creative, we’re trying to throw some different looks, and it’s just one of those things that maybe once we see it happen a little bit more, then our guys get a little juice and confidence.”
A little challenging?
Jamie Drysdale scored the Ducks only goal, his strike made the score 2-1.
Sean Walker and Mikey Anderson gave the Kings the 2-0 lead.
“The really good teams in the League right now are getting a lot of production from the blue line, and sometimes I don’t think our D are aggressive enough with their shots,” Los Angeles head coach Todd McLellan said. “They’re not always prepared to shoot, and tonight a goal like Walker’s, it’s a seeing-eye one that finds its way to the net and, lo and behold, it goes in.
“I think a lot of times you score off of that [junk] in and around the net when the D do take the shot, so as we move forward and continue to evolve, offense has to come from the blue line as much as it does from the forwards.”
Dustin Brown had a goal and two points for LA.
“Our D is our key for us all over the ice, and when they score, that puts a little pressure on the forwards as well and we’ve got to be on our toes and be in front of net so they can shoot it more,” LA’s Adrian Kempe said. “It was nice to see them score tonight and nice to get the W as well.
Trevor Moore added an empty-net goal to ice the win for LA.
Anthony Stolarz made 21 saves in the loss.
“It’s basically a one-goal game, but that’s a number of games in a row where we’ve only scored one goal. We’ve got to find way to put that puck in the net,” Anaheim head coach Dallas Eakins said.
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