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.

Rich Hammond has covered the Kings, on a full-time or part-time basis, since the 2000-01 season. He was the beat writer for the entire John Torchetti era and has witnessed Bob Miller singing country music in a Nashville honky-tonk bar. A native of Los Angeles, Rich has worked at the Daily News since 1999 and also serves as the paper's deputy sports editor. E-mail Rich at 

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