The Los Angeles Kings aren’t just losing through three games. They’re getting embarrassed on a nightly basis.
Vancouver didn’t really need to exert all that much effort in dropping the Kings to 0-3-0, as the Canucks cruised to a 3-0 win on Tuesday.
Los Angeles has now been outscored by a troubling combined score of 12-2, losing every game by at least three goals.
It’s more than reasonable to say “it’s just three games.” Still, the Kings may rue these losses as much any other surprise 0-3-0 team, as all three of these losses have come at home.
Just look at the team at the other end of the rink. The Vancouver Canucks are already seven standings points ahead of the Kings, as they’ve gone 3-0-1 despite playing three of their first four contests on the road.
Maybe that provides a modicum of solace for the Kings ... perhaps the Canucks are more competitive than expected? Amid plenty of doubts, Ryan Miller continued a strong start to his season, earning his 36th career shutout.
One way or another, Los Angeles needs to wake up.
Final: Vancouver 3, L.A. 0. Kings have been outscored 12-2 to start the season, and it seems worse.
— Curtis Zupke (@curtiszupke) October 14, 2015
They’ll wrap up a five game-homestand by hosting the Minnesota Wild on Friday and Colorado Avalanche on Sunday. If they’re still at a goose egg then, they might look at this opening stretch as the run that torpedoed their hopeful rebound from last season’s debacle.
Misery loves company, so at least there’s this:
20 mins away from asking who's had the most troubling 0-3 start: LA, Pittsburgh, Boston, Columbus or Edmonton (assume NJ and CAR are ok)
— Mike Halford (@MikeHalford604) October 14, 2015