LOS ANGELES — Kevin Fiala made his season debut for the Los Angeles Kings after breaking his left leg nine months ago.
He tallied his 300th career assist on a Quinton Byfield power-play goal, but his return was overshadowed by yet another disappointing night for the Kings.
At one point, the New York Islanders had four goals on 12 shots, while the Kings were well above 20 shots and were struggling to capitalize on chances. Trevor Moore scored his 110th career goal for LA.
“We’re wasting time right now. Next game, it has to happen. It starts with practice tomorrow,” said captain Drew Doughty. “I believe that we have the guys in the room right now to do it.”
Darcy Kuemper recorded his fourth performance of the season in which he allowed four or more goals, in 11 total starts.
The Kings will return to action on Saturday against the Calgary Flames. Talk of Troy reporter Kasey Kazliner attended Thursday’s action at Crypto.com Arena and broke down the action on Skate of Thrones, TOT’s Kings podcast. Listen below!