The Key Three: Jan. 12

Anze Kopitar suffered a scary hit. The Kings rallied from a two-goal deficit to take a third-period lead. The Kings scored four goals, three of them on the power play. The Kings allowed a power-play goal. Any one of these things, on a normal night, would have been headline-worthy, and they all happened in the same game. Recent history tells us that wild things tend to happen occasionally when the Kings and Dallas Stars play, and last night’s game certainly was an example of that. What was the biggest key of the Kings’ 5-4 shootout loss to the Stars? I present three options at the link below, and you can vote for your choice…

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