For the second time in three nights, the Los Angeles Kings welcomed the Chicago Blackhawks to Crypto.com Arena in hopes that this time would result in a different fate. 

Goal scoring has proven difficult for the Kings at home this season, but they were due for one where they blew the gates open. All that pent-up frustration from the inability to find the back of the net over the last few games was let out against the Blackhawks as the Kings ran them out of the building with a dominating 6-0 win. 

Game Recap

Capitalizing on a Blackhawks turnover early in the second period, the Kings opened the scoring. Trevor Moore picked up the puck on the halfwall before dishing one cross-ice to Warren Foegele, who unloaded on the five-hole on Blackhawks goaltender Spencer Knight. The only two players who recorded a point on Thursday night against the Blackhawks.

Halfway through the second, Foegele came inches away from his second of the game, being robbed by Knight on a 2-on-0 shorthanded chance with Quinton Byfield. 

Late in the second, the Kings were given their second power play of the game. Andrei Kuzmenko made a nifty play in front of the net, putting one off Knight’s shoulder before it trickled in to give the Kings a 2-0 lead. Kuzmenko’s fourth of the season was the Kings’ first power-play goal in five games.Â