The Los Angeles Kings offense has been as explosive as a firecracker this season, but things were really getting bad tonight. Using tonight’s box score and Helene Elliott’s math, the Kings needed the equivalent of two games and 10 minutes* to score a goal.
Davis Drewiskie found the net 4:33 into the third period and then Dustin Brown notched the game-winner a little less than four minutes later as the Kings topped the Columbus Blue Jackets 2-1. That’s a downright deluge of offense for this team.
Impotent offense-related snark aside, the most important thing is that Los Angeles stopped a dispiriting five-game losing streak. It doesn’t change the fact that the Kings’ confidence cannot be too high and it’s troubling that this should-be contender rarely gains any room for error, but at this point, they’ll take it.
* - To be exact, 130 minutes and 35 seconds.