The Los Angeles Kings continue to be one of the toughest teams in the NHL to get a read on. They will lose to teams like the San Jose Sharks and Chicago Blackhawks, who rank near the bottom of the NHL in points, but beat teams like the Vegas Golden Knights.
On Tuesday night, they played a Minnesota Wild team that entering the game was tied for third in points at 18 and one of two teams with only one loss. However, that changed as the Los Angeles Kings would come away with a 5-1 win on the road after a rather slow start.
The Kings seemed sluggish to begin the game and were out-shot by the Wild at one point 17 to 7 but were able to continue to hang around into the second period. Zach Bogosian would get the scoring started for the Wild but from that point on it was all Kings as they would score four straight goals.
In the second period, it would be Warren Foegele and Kevin Fiala to give the Kings the lead going into the third with each scoring a goal. The Kings have struggled at times in the third but not against the Wild as Trevor Lewis would add two goals and Quinton Byfield would score the first goal of the season for him.
The Kings have now moved to 8-3-3 on the season and will head home for a game Thursday night against the Vancouver Canucks. These are some notes and takeaways from the game Tuesday night.