Well, the concerning 10-game road trip is effectively over at 9-games, with the next game against Anaheim. Not much of a trip up the road. The Kings did quite well, tying a fairly old point streak of 11-games set back in the 70's. Looking at the results so far, it wasn't much of a surprise really.
The Kings have set a pattern of win streaks, but also a pattern of losing streaks. It doesn't really coincide with home or road games. But if you look at the first 13, 10, 12, 12, and 12 games there is a definite pattern.
10-3-0
2-8-0
9-2-1
2-10-0
8-1-3
That makes the next 10-12 games important. The playoff race is way too tight for the Kings to afford a long losing streak, since their recent 19-point effort barely put them back in 8th place. They really need to buck the trend and just start winning on a consistent basis all the way into the playoffs, not just for 12 game stretches. Since 12 strong games won't win the Cup either; you need at least 16.
But the positive side is that finishing stong with the last 10-12 games is important, since over half of them are divisional games! If the current pattern contiunes the last set of games will be a strong win streak.
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