The Flyers come into Staples Center sporting the worst record in the NHL (4-12-2), and allowing the most goals (72).

For those interested, Debbie Gibson is singing the national anthem.

Cloutier gets the nod tonight. He looked O.K. in goal against the Sharks, turning away 16 out of 18 shots. The Kings will be starting Kopitar, Brown and Murray. Lubo and Blake start on the blueline. Not as many boos for Cloutier when he was introduced to S.C.

Forsberg gets the start, after chipping in a goal and an assist against the Ducks on Wednesday. Blake makes a tremenodus save, point-blank, early in the period. The Kings get their first penalty when Cammy gets a duece for hooking. The Flyers PP unit looks sloppy, and can't set anything up. Kopitar has a brilliant opportunity with a short-handed breakaway, but is denied by Niittymaki. (That's a hard name to type.)

They kill the penalty and they get called for hooking again, this time to Tom Kostopolous. But another sloppy Philadelphia PP helped the Kings kill it off. The Kings have rolled out cartman again in between the action this season, and they debuted a new one tonight: Cartman checking Kenny wearing a Flyers jersey off screen.

A lot of time is being spent in the Kings zone, with occasional trips down the ice on the attack. Another Kings penalty, this time Visnovsky for tripping, puts the Kings on the PK again. The Flyers finally score a power-play goal, a pretty wrap-around by Geoff Sanderson.

The Flyers get a penalty with 24 seconds left in the period, giving the Kings a PP when they come back in the second.

First period: Flyers 1, Kings 0

The Kings don't do much with the PP. But Alexander Frolov pokes a shot past Niittymaki to even the score at 1-1. Frolov now has 8 points (4G, 4A) in the last 5 games.

Blake has made several tremendous defensive plays this game, showing the youngsters how to do it. It's nice to see him out there teaching the younger guys, especially Lubo, the right way to play, forechecking, blocking, jumping up in the play. Well, maybe not everything he does. Maybe it's more of a "Do As I Say, Not As I Do" lesson.

Late in the period, philly's Boyd Kane gets a high-sticking call, allowing the Kings a quick power play before the end of the period, but to no avail.

Second period: Kings 1, Flyers 1

Brian Willsie sends a wrister past Niittymaki to lift the Kings, 2-1, with the assists going to Lubo and Brown. Sean Avery appears to score seconds later, but the goal is reviewed and overturned, due to the fact Philly's Randy Robitaille was called for a high-stick.

The fans of Staples loudly disapprove of the call. The Kings get several choice shots on the PP at Niittymaki, but the penalty is killed by the Flyers.

Alexander Frolov scores his second of the game, off a feed from Craig Conroy, his second. Sean Avery also gets his second assist of the game. Avery now has seven points in his last five games. This line has been the best line on the ice tonight.

The Kings give one right back, when Simon Gagne scores his 10th goal of the season. The Flyers are on the attack, when R.J. Umberger scores seconds later to tie the game at 3-3. Umberger then scores his second goal to lift the Flyers, 4-3. With each goal in the third, Cloutier looks shaky.

The Kings pull their goalie with a minute left in the game, and the Kings are attacking hard. Philadelphia gets a cross-checking penalty with 7 seconds to go. But it's not enough, as the Kings fail to register a shot. Philadelphia wins their second in a row.

Third period: Flyers 4, Kings 3