After ceding six third-period goals to the Sabres, the Kings take on the Bruins, currently the top team in the NHL.
Still smarting from one of the worst periods in franchise history Tuesday, the Kings must now confront the top team in the NHL this season.
And how bad were the Kings in Buffalo? A theretofore scoreless game was blown open in the final 20 minutes with six goals. The Kings outshot the Sabres 16-3 in the first frame but unraveled completely in the closing stanza, in which they took three penalties, each of which led to a power-play goal allowed. That was the seventh time this season in which their 28th-place penalty kill has surrendered multiple goals.
Tuesday marked the 16th occasion in franchise history, which dates to 1967, that the Kings ceded six or more goals in a period. It was their sixth such farce in a third period. Only three times have the Kings given up more goals in a period, two of which were third periods, with the last such instance occurring Oct. 17, 1988, against the Calgary Flames, who went on to become Stanley Cup champions.
Their .400 points percentage against organizations occupying playoff spots is only marginally worse than the .408 clip they posted against postseason qualifiers last season, including splitting two meetings with Boston, one a 3-2 win and the other a 7-0 humiliation. However, the 2021-22 Kings dropped nine of their first 11 games against playoff teams over their first 30 outings, and then went a more respectable 12-10-3 the rest of the way.
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