Well, the Kings keep finding creative ways to lose games. Against St. Louis, it was the hockey version of a blown tire in the third period. Tonight they got a 2-0 lead after 11 minutes against one of the world’s elite goalies and still lost.

— The Kings were credited with four hits in this game. Four hits? Four hits? Now, stat keepers on the road tend to fudge stats for the visitors a bit, but…four hits? That’s almost impossible. At least Dustin Brown stood up with a third-period fight, something I had been wondering about a couple days ago.

— Scoring wise, this is still a very top-heavy team, and there’s not going to be much winning until that changes. Who did the goals come from? Kopitar, Cammalleri and Brown, of course. Meanwhile, Frolov still has the doughnut next to his name, as does tonight’s suit-wearing Ladislav Nagy.

— The Kings stayed out of the box again tonight — only five minor penalties — but allowed two power-play goals. Yikes. I guess staying out of the box completely is the only answer. Not hitting anyone will help to that end…

— Since this is now a theme, Blake was plus-1 tonight. That might be the most meaningless stat in hockey, but it’s used because it’s difficult to quantify, through statistics, how defensemen play.

— This is absolutely fascinating to me. The one thing the Kings ABSOLUTELY had to solve before the season started was the goaltending question. Well, they’re eight games in, three weeks in, and they still haven’t the slightest idea what to do. They sent Bernier away, they pulled Aubin tonight…so, good luck, Jason. Maybe it’s time for Sean Burke to start limbering up. Ouch.

— Kopitar is a man-child — OK, he’s 20 years old, but you get my drift — and Cammalleri is quickly establishing himself as an elite NHL scorer. Those are two guys any NHL team would kill to have. Jack Johnson is probably in that category too, because of his play and potential. The rest of the team? Right now? Yeah, not so much…