The Los Angeles Kings 2024-25 season is already five games in and it wasn't necessarily an easy start to the season. They began it with five straight road games, and if that includes the two preseason games before the season, they have been away from home for 18 days.
While they still have two more road games coming up before their first home game of the season on Thursday against the San Jose Sharks, they are at least back in Los Angeles as their next two road games are quick trips to Anaheim and Las Vegas.
There is still plenty of season left for the Los Angeles Kings but these are four early takeaways from their performance to begin the season.
LA Kings secured points in four of the first five games but should have had more
Let's start with the standing as the Kings did secure points in four of their first five games and are 2-1-2 on the season. In total they have six points but it felt like they should have more returning to Los Angeles.
The one game in particular that stands out is against the Ottawa Senators as they had two-goal leads on two separate occasions. However, they let the Senators hang around and they would come back to win in overtime.
A positive from this is that even though they didn't play well, teams that have had six points after five games have made the playoffs almost 60% of the time since the 2005-06 season. It doesn't guarantee the Kings will be going back for a fourth straight season but it is a good indicator.