Kings of the road?

Do the Kings feel at home on the road? Including the two games in Europe — officially listed as home games, but in reality, neutral-site games at best — the Kings are 2-2-0 at home and 3-1-1 away from Staples Center. Last season, the Kings were only slightly better at home (53 points) than they were on the road (45). Terry Murray was asked, after today’s morning skate, about his team’s comfort level on the road…

MURRAY: “I think the fact that we were a young hockey club the last couple years, going on the road there’s a comfort, where you just need to go out and play the game the right way, structurally, defensively. It’s a big focus. To me, it always is the case where you come back home and you feel there needs to be more put into the creativity, the offensive side of the game. You try to do something extra-special as a player, and that sometimes can hurt, when you do get away from the game that’s been going very well for you. The bottom line is, we’re a comfortable team on the road. We feel we can play well in any building in the league. We just rely on our structure and our system, and guys go out and roll four lines and six D and they’re playing well.’’

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