They held their checks so long they became penalties and they retaliated when roughed up instead of taking the number of the Colorado culprit and skating away. The designated skilled players logged so many minutes on special teams, it's a wonder they had any energy left to count to five, much less skate five on five. The Kings exhibited a much lower hockey IQ on Monday than everybody knows they possess. Tonight in Game 4, the Kings can show they learned from the mistakes that contributed to their 4-3 loss two days ago. If they don't, school's going to be out real soon for them.
Nobody wants to go to Colorado down three games to one.