Rough finish
Here's what Crawford had to say about the Kings' play after taking a 5-0 lead Thursday. They were outshot 44-13 by Toronto in the final two periods, though the Kings held on for a 5-2 victory.
``It is much easier to get chances and get shots when the other team has the foot off the gas pedal. We don’t want to be unconcerned about breakdowns in play but I think that’s just the nature of the beast. We had only given up five scoring chances 34 minutes into the game. You never want to make light of anything but you've got to use common sense as well. No one was making a story out of the fact we outshot and outchanced the Nashville Predators two nights before by a wide margin in the third period. We were awful. We know we were.''
Playing with a lead does alllow your team more scoring chances. Especially when the other team plays an open ice hockey game.
Too bad that our team seldom plays with a lead.