The Vegas Golden Knights’ loss to the Dallas Stars on Tuesday night cements a third-place finish in the Pacific Division for the Kings. Game 1 in Edmonton is likely May 2.
After scouring scoreboards, ogling odds and working to win each and every shift, the Kings are finally headed back to the postseason for the first time in four years after the Vegas Golden Knights’ loss to the Dallas Stars on Tuesday night cemented a playoff berth for captain Anze Kopitar’s club.
For the Kings, it seemed as though the playoffs began weeks ago, with so many precarious moments, near-misses and arduous battles on their path to clinching, now 80 games into an 82-game regular season. They clinched in Game 81 in 2012, and then went on to win the franchise’s first Stanley Cup. “ does it one way and Leon does it the other, that’s what makes it tough for the Kings and every other team in the league. You’ve got a guy that’s going 100 miles an hour and another guy that slows the game down,” Kings coach Todd McLellan said earlier this season. He coached Edmonton from 2015 to 2018, including a formidable playoff run in 2017.
“Blake has the ability to pull people into the game and he does that on a nightly basis,” McLellan said. “He drags teammates in and they follow him. When he’s out, we miss it. And when he’s in, it’s there.”
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