At 23-3-4 at home this season, the Kings of Los Angeles are the best team in this regard. However, at 13-17-2 on the road, many teams operate at 0,500 above.
In fact, the Kings have the worst record on the road among the teams positioned in playoffs. Only the Hurricans of the Carolina of the Eastern Conference have less than a percentage of victories of .500 on the road (14-15-3). If my recent hockey memory in the playoffs serves me properly, it has burned them in recent years.
It is not something that turns regularly around a year in the playoffs; For the most part, being a good home team in the regular season is a lot of time for the playoffs. It’s just a completely different ball game. Even if it’s a decade ago, does anyone remember the 2012 Kings-Blues series?
The best home team in the League was swept away at home. These things happen.
Best home records during the first 30 home games in the past 10 seasons
25-2-3 by 2022-23 Bruins
24-3-3 by 2021-22 Avalanche (Won Cup)
24-3-3 by the Penguins 2016-17 (Won Cup)
23-3-4 by 2024-25 Kings@KingsMenPodcast@Mayornhl@LakingSPR– Blake Warye (@bwaryeofblake) March 16, 2025
Aside from the aberrant values, the Kings have a massive opportunity to return to a mentality of “road warrior”, a nickname of Kings past teams. There are six games on the road, and if their record and their home game represent something, it shows that they can work with a percentage of victories from .600+ the rest of the path, unless drastic. These six games, however, are essential victories for a team that has a flair to overthrow high -end competition, but which will also break points or will be reduced by the lower half of the league. This was done in particular on the road.
The Kings have lost on the road nine times being upgraded by three or more goals. A little over two weeks ago, the Chicago Blackhawks, a lottery team under construction around Connor Bedard, dismantled the Kings 5-1 in their barn. A week later, in the second half of a back to back? They beat the division of the Pacific Golden Knights 6-5 in a match where he should not have been as close. Where does this context position the Kings, who will play an excellent team at Minnesota and the same Chicago team who embarrassed this team more than two weeks ago during this quick trip?
What the team will arise for one or the other game is that of the suspect. Will The kings who beat Washington’s capital at the top of the 3-0 League And the Knights 6-5 come to play? Or was the kings who someded for 50 minutes against the predators?
Is this a coaching problem, a leadership problem, staff? An attitude of questioning is an aspect of the game, just as it is in life. All this disappears with victories. The victories are important – which should probably be written several times. Like the recent match against Nashville, or even the bad performance against Icelanders, wins erase the whole pessimistic language that could be used to describe one or the other game. Living and you learn well?
It brings me back to these six games on the left. What did the kings learned?
The lesson is simple: kings will absolutely have to enjoy these games, because they are born with first place in the division, Jockey with Edmonton back and forth During the second while Vegas finds himself rushing to put fat on the wheels. Victories on the road while protecting their domination at home could be the formula that unlocks ice cream at home and even a very first Pacific division title.
Kings will have 2 games in hand on both teams by the end of the day. If you told me in September that this list of a viable shot for the division, I may have pointed out to you a harmful content. https://t.co/um87xzulc8
– The Bannermen (@thebannermenpod) March 16, 2025
The Kings home file is solid and will only go soon. The team will actually have the opportunity to further expand their excellence at home.
But taking care of business on the road for the rest of the season could be a key factor to develop the potential of this Kings team to finally do something they have not done for a long time: damage in the playoffs.
