The Los Angeles Kings cannot buy a goal.
They can buy players, but goals, not so much.
On Thursday night, the Kings lost to the Predators, 2-1, in Nashville.
Pekka Rinne made 28 saves to get the win.
“Big win,” Rinne said. “I think all in all, great effort. We had to lock it down in the third, and I thought that we did. We didn’t give up a lot of chances. They ended up hitting the post right at the end there, but other than that I thought we did a really good job. Especially the first and second, we played really strong. This time of the year, it’s a great win.”
With the win, the Preds reclaimed first in the Central Division
Kyle Turris and Roman Josi scored for the Preds.
“We were just trying to move it around quick and open guys up and spread out their box a little bit,” Turris said. “Obviously, we’ve got to work on our entries, but once we were in-zone I thought we were all right.”
Michael Amadio scored the Kings goal.
“As a group, we need to find a way to manage our frustration,” Los Angeles forward Dustin Brown said. “Because a lot of guys have never been on a team like this, quite honestly.”
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Jonathan Quick made 27 saves in another loss where he received no offensive support.
“It’s six in a row, so it’s disappointing, I guess. I don’t question anybody’s work ethic, we’re just not good enough right now,” Brown said. “We’ve got to figure out individually how to be better and collectively to be better. There’s just certain plays where we make it a little bit harder on ourselves than we need to.
“We have a lot of guys that are kind of learning on the fly right now, so I think it’s a good opportunity for a lot of guys to play these games. At the end of the day, losing six in a row at this time of year, especially with the position we’re in, it’s frustrating. Tonight I thought we played a good game. They are a really good team, a really good goalie made a few big saves just like our goalie. It’s a close league.”
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