The Kings look to get back on track against the league's best team, the Ducks. Dan Cloutier gets his second start in goal, after being pulled in the last game against the Coyotes. Apparently Brust didn't make too much of an impression in his NHL debut in relief last game. Frolov has 8 goals in the last 8 games, and Dustin Brown is back in the lineup.

One bright spot for the Kings this season is their play on the power play. Near the bottom of PP production the past several years, the Kings are currently third in the league in power play goals (29). The past four games, L.A. has scored eight PP goals. But Anaheim is currently tied for first in the league in PP goals.

Sammy Pahlsson attempts a weak backhand, but Cloutier can't handles the rebound. Travis Moen knocks it in to make it 1-0 Ducks. Teemu Selanne gets an assist on the play. Lubomir Visnovsky gets hit hard twice as he tries to cleaer the zone, as Anaheim is playing the body tight.

Craig Conroy gets called for hooking on Scott Niedermayer, and the Ducks go on the power play again. Anaheim is currently second in the league in PP percentage. The Ducks set up, and with strong, crisp passes gets the puck to Andy McDonald. McDonald fakes a move, ever so slightly toward Cloutier, causing him to bite, moving himself out of position, as McDonald slides the puck over to Selanne to make it 2-0.

Anze Kopitar has a great chance at scoring, but the league best goaltender, J.S. Giguere, turned him away. L.A. only had 6 shots in the first, and those were all easy shots.

First Period: Ducks 2, Kings 0

The Kings get a golden chance when Scott Niedermayer gets called for hooking Kopitar and Francois Beauchemin gets whistled for interfering with Sean Avery. The Kings have a 5-on-3 opportunity, but fail to get the puck in the zone for 20 seconds starting the power play. J.S. Giguere turned every attempt away, and it's plays like that that'll haunt you further down the road.

Kopitar gets nailed on the boards by Pronger and Rob Niedermayer, but is able to get the puck to a wide-open Frolov, who is stopped, point-blank, by Giguere. Frolov then gets pummeled by two other Ducks. L.A. is more aggressive in the second period, just pumping shots at Giguere.

Moen appears to have scored, knockking a shot off the crossbar, and in the ensuing scramble, Rob Niedermayer tips it in to make it 3-0. The goal took most of the wind out of the Kings' sails, who have been getting lots of chances.

Scott Thornton gets called for interference when, in trying to get past Pronger for the puck, trips him, and sends him sprawling into the goaltender. The Kings successfully kill off the penalty.

Rob Blake gets whistled for holding Corey Perry's stick, after losing his on the ice. And the Ducks will have a power play when we come back in the third.

Second period: Ducks 3, Kings 0

There is a problem with the ice in Cloutier's crease, probably melted from being scorched so many times this season. Selanne scores a one-timer on the Blake penalty to give the Ducks a power play goal and a 4-0 lead. According to ESPN.com, Selanne is now the all-time leading scorer in the Kings/Ducks rivalry, with 56 points (22 G, 34 A). He is also on quite a tear, with 12 goals since Nov. 1.

Scott Thornton breaks up the shutout attempt, when he pops one past Giguere. Harrold attempted to walk through the crease, and whiffed on his shot, but Thornton just knocks it in, and Kings fans give a loud cheer to the thwarted shoutout attempt. I guess you have to find things to cheer about when you are the Kings.

Ran Getzlaf misses a huge opportunity, when he fails to connect on a nice spin-o-rama move from Corey Perry. Perry lingers in the crease too long, and Cloutier turned into him and just knocks him down way too easy.

The Kings finally get some extended pressure late in the third. Todd Marchant gets a delay of game, when he knocks a puck over the glass to put the Kings on the power play. Rob Blake deflects a Frolov pass to make it 4-2. Blake's goal was the 40th shot by the Kings.

Scott Niedermayer gives the Ducks a second delay of game penalty in a row, when he sends a puck sailing into the crowd. Crawford decides to pull Cloutier, giving the Kings a 6-on-4. Not too sure if that will work, considering the 5-on-3 opportunity last period. Kopitar has the puck and attempts a wraparound on Giguere, and Brown hits it in, to make it 4-3.

But it was too little, too late for the Kings. In the final seconds, Crawford and Ducks head coach Randy Carlyle either exchanged barbs or recipes behind the benches. Apparently Carlyle was yelling at Sean Avery, who was just called for roughing Todd Marchant. Crawford used several words that I can't print here, but he was fire up.

Third period: Ducks 4, Kings 3