The Los Angeles Kings spent part of their training camp in Quebec and Charlevoix because they can’t play at home right now. #Renovations
Since then, the club has played a lot in the East. As long as you’ve made the trip, you might as well take advantage of it to play matches away from home. This will be done by the end of the year.
The season started well for LA A 3-1 victory in Buffalo and a 2-1 overtime defeat in Boston allowed the club to collect three points out of a possible four.
But for two matches, things have gotten worse.
Since the club returned to Canada, there have been a lot of goals scored against the California team. Jim Hiller’s squad lost 8-7 (in overtime) against the Senators on Monday.
And yesterday? 6-2 loss to Toronto.
What that means is that the Kings have allowed 14 goals since the start of the week… and they arrived yesterday overnight in Montreal. It’s not a big trip from Toronto, but still.
I’m not saying that this will be an easy match for the Canadian. After all, on paper, the Kings are a better hockey team than the Canadiens are.
But still: facing a club that is doing poorly defensively in the second game of a back-to-back in two different cities, it’s a good time to see CH redeem its difficult outing against the Penguins during Monday’s game.
Theoretically, the Martin St-Louis club is rested following a complete bye on Tuesday and after two evenings without a match. There will be no excuse for not coming out strong.
The club will train at 10:30 this morning at the Bell Centre. In particular, we will monitor whether Kirby Dach will practice and whether Jayden Struble will look like a guy who will return to the lineup.
In burst
– Francis Bouillon is 49 years old.
– Elvis needs a break.
– To read.
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