All bark, no bite
That's five consecutive losses for the Kings, who will take no consolation in the fact that they outshot their opponents in four of those games. The Kings have recorded at least 34 shots in three consecutive games and in six of 13 games this season.
No rest for the weary... After a week on the road, the Kings will practice at 11 a.m. Sunday. They will, however, take Tuesday off between games against the Rangers and Penguins.

J.P. Hoornstra writes about NHL and IHL hockey for the Los Angeles Newspaper Group. He welcomes any and all dialogue on the finer points of hockey.
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Jill Painter joined the Daily News in 2000 and during the last eight years she's covered the Dodgers, Cal State Northridge, UCLA, Kings, golf and everything in between. Even though she's from Colorado, she still freezes in the Staples Center press box but always manages to thaw her fingers in time to make deadline. E-mail Jill at 

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