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Now that this is their year to take home the Stanley Cup again, though, Darryl Sutter, Jonathan Quick and company need to iron out a few kinks first. With a 3-0 win over the Calgary Flames last Thursday night at the Staples Center, the Kings not only won the game, but also earned two points in the standings and tied their franchise record for wins. A 3-2 loss to the Dallas Stars in their very next game, though, showed that if the Kings want the Cup, they’re going to have to flip the switch yet again and somehow be better than even the league’s best teams. Losing to the Dallas Stars is nothing to be extremely disappointed about. At 48- 22-9, the Stars are one of the league’s best teams and have the NHL’s most prolific offense. The Stars own the league’s top rate of 3.26 goals scored per game and put together two scores late in the game versus the Kings to notch a 3-2 victory over Quick and company at the Staples Center. “When the time came down for [the Stars] to make a play and execute, get some gritty goals, they did,” Kings defenseman Rob Scuderi said. With only four games remaining on the schedule following their loss to Dallas, the Kings must start getting gritty, making plays, and executing in their own right. After clinching their playoff berth with a 2-1 victory over the Boston Bruins, the Kings went on to lose three games in a row while only producing four total goals in those three games. Those three losses don’t necessarily suggest that there’s something fundamentally wrong with the Kings and their offense, but with first place in the Pacific Division and a top seed in the Western Conference at stake, three-game losing streaks and things of a like kind simply can’t happen for Los Angeles. “We’ve worked for six months and we’ve been in a spot,” coach Sutter said of his team. “And we’ve been in and out of 1-2-3 the whole time. Might as well finish strong and see if you can be 1.” If the Kings want to stay at 1, they’re going to have to fend off the likes of the Anaheim Ducks and the San Jose Sharks in what is now the last week of regular season play in the NHL. Fortunately for Los Angeles, their schedule isn’t too daunting, to say the least. Matchups with the Calgary Flames and Winnipeg Jets to end the season are split by only one key matchup with the Ducks that could have postseason implications should everything move in Anaheim’s favor this week. The Kings, however, have the ball in their court or, the puck on their ice, if you will, and have the distinct opportunity to roll into the playoffs with momentum on their side. “We want to finish as high as we can,” Scuderi said of his team’s final regular season push. “We’d like to win the division. Win the conference, if it’s possible. We want to do those things, but I do think at this point it’s more important about how you’re playing. You could be winning games, but if you’re winning the wrong way you’re not really doing yourself a favor if you think that’s the right way to play.” Despite some of the Kings recent mishaps and letdowns, the team is playing the right way and will avoid all of the drama of simply sneaking into the playoffs this year. It’s always fun when the Kings barely make the playoffs, enter as an 8 seed, and go on to take home the trophy. This year, however, the team is playing at a better pace, has a very solid foundation, and should find their success in a much different, and easier fashion than Kings teams of past have. The Kings have more Stanley Cup banners (2) than divisional banners hanging in the rafter at the Staples Center. The teams goal is to change that fact with by acquiring another divisional banner at the end of this season. The Kings learned last season that the regular season does, indeed, need a good amount of focus. After missing the playoffs altogether last year, L.A. is poised and ready to go after the Cup in ‘16. An 82-game season is a long season to endure. That has shown in some of the Kings play of late where the team simply looks bored and would rather start the much more exciting playoff push. Only one week remains in this year’s regular season. 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