BUFFALO – The Kings’ struggles in Western New York continued Tuesday night, as they failed to score in the 1-0 shutout loss to the Buffalo Sabres on the First Niagara Center.

In kicking off their five-game road trip, the Kings managed it in a building that hasn’big t been too kind to them over the past decade-plus. Coming into the night, the particular Kings were 1-11-1 in their previous 13 visits to Buffalo, their own only win coming in Feb . of 2003.

The Sabres, who stood a miserable start to their time, came into the night on the come back, having won six of their prior nine games.

Buffalo took an extremely conservative approach from start to finish, which didn’t play into the Kings’ favor. The Kings were never able to dictate the pace or control the game despite outshooting the Sabres by more than a 2-to-1 perimeter,#10 Anaheim Ducks Corey Perry Premier Orange Jersey 34-16.

The Kings attempted 70 shots on the evening, but Buffalo’s defense maintained poise and place throughout the night, blocking 25 from the Kings’ shots. Buffalo’s Jhonas Enroth, who earned his first shutout of the season, and the first ever against the Kings, held secondary chances in check together with solid positioning and control of his rebounds.

“I thought we've got some good looks, [Enroth] made several big saves, but we’ng just got to score those objectives,” Drew Doughty said following the shutout loss. “We’ve got to score goals,#8 Anaheim Ducks Teemu Selanne Authentic Black Third Jersey we’re not scoring adequate. We’re playing well defensively, we’re also not giving up a lot, but the bottom line is, we need to put pucks on the net.”

The Kings, with two strength play opportunities on the night, failed to get any positive results, and therefore are now on a cold 2-for-21 stretch on the man advantage.

Buffalo, however, buried the night’s game-winning objective with their power play product when Tyler Ennis beat Jonathan Quick having a shot low to the blocker aspect after he was left alone in front of the Kings’ net.#39 Anaheim Ducks Matt Beleskey Premier White Away Jersey

As the Nobleman were fighting to clear the particular puck out of their zone, they were captured with three players behind Jonathan Quick’s net, which liberated up time and space with regard to Ennis. Matt Moulson, who saw Ennis free of charge in the Kings’ crease, fed him a pass that he terminated past Quick to give the Sabres the 1-0 lead with 16 moments to play in regulation.

Coming into the night, the Sabres’ power play was 5-for-76 on the season, but it was the difference in tonight’s game.

“We lost about special teams,#8 Anaheim Ducks Teemu Selanne Premier Orange Jersey” said Regehr, who had been in the box at the time of Buffalo’azines goal. “I took a penalty in the third period. We all weren’t able to kill them back. For some reason, we’re struggling to rating goals in [Buffalo]. Last year, I do believe we only scored one and also this year we didn’t score any. So we’ve have got to find a way to put the puck in the net.”

Marian Gaborik, in the first game back right after missing four games due to an undisclosed injury, registered a few shots in 15:53 minutes of ice time, including 1:57 of time on the power play.

Dwight Full led all Kings participants in shots taken (Several), Dustin Brown in hits shipped (6), Drew Doughty in shots blocked (3), and Drew Doughty in minutes played (29:Fifty three). Jonathan Quick made 15 will save in the loss.

With the loss, the actual Kings’ record dips to 14-9-5, and their record away from STAPLES Middle drops to 3-5-4. The Kings will play the second game of their particular five-game road trip Thursday night up against the Ottawa Senators at the Canadian Tire Center. The puck is slated to drop at 4:30PM PT.

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