Streak is History...

Well, that was quick. Three games and done. Lost last night 4-3 at home to Columbus. I caught most of the first two periods, then missed the entire third. Jean-Sebastian Aubin got the nod last night and was yanked after the Jackets got their third goal of the night early in the second. Kings played decent through the first two, but obviously not good enough to win. Bright spot was Dustin Brown registering his 20th goal of the season. (Kopitar is second on the squad with 16; Cammalleri, who started the season red-hot, leading the league at one point with 10 goals, is now third on the team with 15.) Kings are now 1-1 on the six-game homestand.

Next up on the homestand: Calgary on Saturday night.

A New Streak

It's been a busy few days. Since my last post, the Kings have suddenly turned things around and are now on a nice three-game winning streak. The streak started with an impressive come-from-behind 3-1 win in Colorado on Saturday afternoon. They followed that up with a great win in Chicago on Sunday evening, scoring three unanswered goals as they upended the Blackhawks 3-2 in OT. Last night they got the Hawks again, this time at home at Staples and fell behind early 1-0, and then 2-1. But they regrouped very quickly and :13 later Ladislav Nagy netted the tying-goal with what would be the start of a huge night for him and the Kings offensively. The Kings would end up scoring the game's final EIGHT goals en route to a 9-2 romp of Chicago as they started the New Year on a very high note. As for Nagy, he netted a hat-trick and two assists, and Alexander Frolov netted two goals and three assists. The power play was en fuego last night as they completely picked apart the league's best road penalty-killing unit.

The Kings are actually playing very well now (they played well in the last couple of losses during the 'other' streak) and now have some momentum as they try to chase Phoenix in the Pacific standings. Next up: Columbus tomorrow night at Staples.