Successful on the highway is not straightforward within the NHL, however do not inform that to the Los Angeles Kings. They’ve made it look straightforward within the first couple months of the 2023-24 season, and that has them wanting like a critical Stanley Cup risk.

On Thursday evening, the Kings breezed handed the Montreal Canadiens 4-0 within the Bell Centre to choose up their eleventh straight highway win to start out the 2023-24 season. That set an NHL file for probably the most consecutive highway wins to start out a season, and Los Angeles is now seven away from the all-time file for consecutive highway victories.

The Kings are beginning to look invincible away from Crypto.com Area. Most groups are extra comfy at residence for quite a lot of causes, however they have to be staying in some lavish resorts with top-of-the-line mattresses once they exit of city.

It is also essential to notice that Los Angeles hasn’t simply been beating groups on the highway. It has been pummeling opponents, and final evening was no exception. The Kings have put up some actually spectacular numbers regardless of not having the advantage of the final line change.

On a person degree, six completely different Kings are averaging no less than some extent per recreation on the highway. Goaltender Cam Talbot has been a human wall outdoors of Los Angeles, posting a 1.24 GAA and .956 save proportion in 9 appearances.

In all equity, the Kings are a superb workforce regardless of the place they’re taking part in. Put them in L.A., in Boston, or on the moon, and they’ll win quite a lot of hockey video games. That mentioned, Los Angeles has a novel potential to choose up wins on the highway, and which may very properly show to be extraordinarily useful within the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs.

The cliche that residence ice issues within the playoffs does not all the time maintain true, and it wasn’t the case in 2023. Final postseason, residence groups went 41-47, and solely 4 groups had a successful file in their very own barn.

With the ability to win on the highway is much more essential within the playoffs, and the Kings have it right down to a science. The way in which issues stand proper now, it appears like Los Angeles will nearly actually have home-ice benefit for no less than one playoff spherical. That is a pleasant luxurious, nevertheless it’s even nicer to know that in the event that they do drop one at residence, there might be no panic of their recreation once they go right into a hostile atmosphere for a must-win recreation.

They have been unable to to that in Sport 5 towards the Oilers final season — and in Sport 7 the 12 months earlier than that — however the Kings will not lack any confidence in comparable conditions subsequent spring.