Kings score four unanswered goals to top Caps

[CSSports]

WASHINGTON (AP) - Andrei Loktionov scored the tiebreaking goal at 3:36 of the third period, and the Los Angeles Kings beat the punchless Washington Capitals 4-1 Saturday to extend their point streak to a season-high eight games.

Michal Handzus and Jarret Stoll also scored in the third period for the Kings, whose 6-0-2 run is their longest since a nine-game streak from Jan. 21-Feb. 6, 2010.

Los Angeles is 3-0-2 at the midpoint of a franchise-record, 10-game road trip.

Jonathan Bernier had 22 saves for the Kings after allowing a goal to Alex Ovechkin on the first shot of the game. Bernier, the backup to Jonathan Quick, has not yielded more than two goals in four starts.




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[CSSports]

Kings confuse me this season....

Oct - 10-2-1 - One of the best in franchise history and start out 8-0-0 at home - best in history
Nov - 5-7-0 - Average but considering Oct, Meh
Dec - 9-4-1 - One of the best in franchise history
Jan - 4-0-9 - One of the worst in franchise history
Feb - 3-0-2 - Currently have points in 8 straight (6-0-2)

They still have 5 more games on this Looooooooooong road trip.....with Philly tomorrow...and Quick in net as Bernier took out the Caps

[edthesandwich]

Typical inconsistency you come to expect of young teams. See the Avalanche from last season, who went through a lot of the same ups and downs over the course of their season.

That the Kings are capable of rattling off long runs of solid two-way hockey bodes well not only for the playoff push, but for the possibility of a lengthy run once they get in.