Comeback kids?

The Kings have trailed heading into the third period of four of their five games this season. That's not a trend they'd like to continue, if for no other reason -- as Dustin Brown points out below -- that a young team needs to learn how to play with a lead. The Kings erased a two-goal, first-period deficit against the Ducks and rallied from a third-period deficit to beat Carolina and nearly came back last night against Colorado. Brown and Patrick O'Sullivan talked about the deficits and the Kings' strong third-period play...

Question: This whole thing of having to come back in the third period...I imagine you don't want to make a habit of it...

BROWN: ``We definitely don't. Like you said, we're capable of it, but it's a lot better going into the third with a lead and learning to play with a lead. We have to really bear down. The last two games, I think our second periods have been very average. That's what we need to focus on, a solid 60 minutes. I think we did that against Anaheim, and you saw the result. I think we dominated that game pretty well. Then against Carolina it was one bad period, in the second, and we managed to come back. If we can manage to play a solid 60 minutes, I think we'll be fine.''

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O'SULLIVAN: ``We were really happy about our third period effort. We competed and that's something we can build on. We work really hard as a team and if we just eliminate those couple mistakes we're going to be good. We're going in the right direction and that third period was pretty good, I thought.''