The Los Angeles Kings keep digging deeper into the hole, and Saturday night only made the picture look worse.
Boston handed the Kings a 4-1 home loss, dropping Los Angeles to 0-4-2 and leaving them as the NHL’s only winless team. The Kings actually skated out to a 1-0 lead after the first 20 minutes and, for a while, looked like they might finally snap the skid. Instead, missed opportunities and defensive lapses took over, and the Bruins turned it into another frustrating night at home.
The offense offered little help again. Los Angeles scored just once, marking the fourth straight game with one goal. That comes after the Kings put up eight goals across their first two games, then managed only four total over the last four.
After the game, Mikey Anderson pointed the finger back at the group.
"We came out good, like we want to at home, and then lost it along the way. It’s on the team. It’s on us.”
The larger concern goes beyond one bad result or even a six-game winless streak. The question hanging over the Kings is whether this roster has already hit its ceiling. The current run of five straight first-round playoff exits, along with multiple coaching changes and the ongoing scoring problems, has left the organization searching for answers.
That leaves general manager Ken Holland with a major decision: stay the course with a roster built to win now, or start shifting toward younger players such as Quinton Byfield, Brandt Clarke, and Alex Laferriere.
The timing makes the start even uglier. The Kings came into the season hoping to take a step forward after last year’s rough finish, when they made the playoffs despite being 12 games below .500 and were swept out. Instead, just over two weeks into the new season, the team is winless and facing a question that could shape everything that comes next.
For perspective, Los Angeles did not lose its sixth game last season until Oct. 25, when it was 3-3-3. This year, the slide has arrived far earlier, and the Kings are already dealing with the kind of early-season pressure that can define a season before it really gets going.
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