Less than two weeks ago, the Kings got thumped 4-0 by the Capitals in Washington. The Kings then beat the Capitals fairly handily 3-1 on Saturday at Staples Center. What changed? a reporter asked Washington coach Barry Trotz.

“They did a good job,” Trotz said of the Kings. “A lot of credit goes to them. They came in, put pucks deep, hung onto them and really grinded it out. We didn’t have enough urgency in our game. They had a little more urgency throughout the game and we had too many people who weren’t as urgent as they were.

“At the end of the day, you’re not going to beat these guys like that. They know how to win and they got some timely saves ahead of our push there when we scored (in the third period) and we hit the post right away. But we didn’t have enough guys on their A game, that’s for sure.”