You wanna hear something depressing? Detroit has won 13 of the last 14 games against Los Angeles, including six of the last seven at Staples. A bright spot for the Kings: they have the same amount of goals as the high-octane Wing offense: 15.

This game is a particularly tough one for me. Not because I hate the Red Wings (which I do), but because I have both Dominic Hasek and Anze Kopitar playing for my fantasy hockey team, The Hockeywood All-Stars. Best case scenario: Anze scores the only goal for L.A. when the game goes to a shootout, after the game ends 0-0. Turns out Chris Osgood is in goal for Detroit, so now I want to see a hat trick from No. 11.

Starting lineup for L.A.: The MAD line of Cammalleri, Frolov and Armstrong, with Preissing and Stuart back on D. But more importantly, Bernier is back in goal, after letting in seven goals on Friday against the Bruins. Apparently, Crawford wants to see what the kid's got in reserve. The Only a Lad line of Nagy, Kopitar and Brown are together once again. And Johnson is back with Modry.

Bernier makes two good pad saves at point blank range. His positioning is great, as always. The Kings have spent a lot of time trying to clear the zone. When they do, they don't spend very much time setting anything up. O'Sullivan is able to get some wood on a Handzus shot, but it flies wide.

Brown registers a shot down low, and almost gets his own rebound. Bernier then turns away several good chances by the Red Wings, including a wraparound attempt and two shots from the point. Zeiler tries to get things moving, when he carries the puck in and starts several good chances. Zeiler's energy should reward him more ice time.

As Osgood snaps a puck out of the air, L.A. goes on the power play, when Niklas Kronwall for interference. L.A. gets a great shift with Nagy, Frolov and Calder. Kopitar had the best shot at a goal, but the puck was deflected by Osgood. Detroit was able to kill the penalty, but L.A. registers five shots on that power play.

After that power play, the Kings have opened the bomb bay doors, and have started shooting more. Kopitar has a great shot on goal, and Osgood gives up a juicy rebound. But Brown is unable to reach it in time.

When Brian Rafalski is called for tripping, L.A. is back on the power play. And the DAM line plays almost the whole shift, before Brown is called for interference. Patrick O'Sullivan gets introduced to the boards by Kronwell, and it's a good thing he's wearing his face shield.

The Kings are able to outshoot the Wings in the first, 14-10, but are woeful in the faceoff circle. Detroit's Kris Draper has been on fire, winning five out of seven. L.A. better get more aggressive in the faceoff circle if they hope to continue putting pressure on the Wings.

First period: Kings 0, Red Wings 0

With less than a minute gone in the second, Pavel Datsyuk puts the puck in for Detroit, Henrik Zetterberg gets the assist. The defense couldn't track down and clear the puck, and Detroit capitalizes. Staples Center groans as they wait to see how the Kings respond.

The Kings go on the power play as Rafalski gets another penalty for hooking. But Stuart loses the puck at the blue line, and Kris Draper skates in and easily dekes around Bernier for a short-handed goal. And to add insult to injury, the Kings have to kill another penalty, as Visnovsky gets two minutes for interference.

Zeiler just cleans Knonwell's clock along the boards, eliciting a loud response from Staples Center. Crawford rolls the DAM line out there once again on equal strength, putting Nagy back on the Frolov/Armstrong line.

The Red Wings have an extended visit in the Kings zone, where they keep cycling and shooting the puck. The Kings are seemingly entranced by the white stripes on the Wings pants like I am. Seriously, I get sucked in every time my eye hits a Detroit player. It just looks odd, having a vertical stripe down the leg right above a horizontal line on their socks. Odd, I tell you.

Datsyuk has a huge open-ice collision with Kopitar, which the crowd roars their disapproval. Kopitar's helmet goes skittering across the ice, but he's O.K.

Draper gets called for boarding with ten seconds left in the period, so the Kings will have the man advantage when the third period starts. The Kings have apparently forgotten how to pull the trigger. They've only had five shots in the second. I guess the one good thing to come out of the second is that L.A. has been very disciplined, and not getting penalties. But they need to capitialize on the power play better.

Second period: Red Wings 2, Kings 0

In between periods, the fans at Staples were shown a movie trailer for the movie 30 Days Of Night across the ice, like a huge widescreen movie screen. Pretty cool, I thought. Until they placed several Kings clips in the trailer, like they were part of the movie. Talk about product placement.

Thornton takes a stick to the face from Andreas Lilja, and the Kings add to their power play with a quick two-man advantage. And Cammalleri shoots the puck from the top of the faceoff circle, from his knee again. Another wormburner from Cammy, as Visnovsky and Frolov get credited with the assists. And the Kings are still on the power play. Visnovsky hits the post, clearly beating Osgood. But there's a reason why the post is a goalie's best friend. It bounces out and Detroit kills the remaining penalty.

Tomas Holmstrom is the recipiant of a a tic-tac-toe passing play between Zetterberg and Datsyuk, and puts one past Bernier to make it 3-1. Zetterberg then adds another goal to put Detroit up 4-1.

Crawford wisely decides to burn a timeout to stop the bleeding. The defense had seemingly stepped back into their old habit of slacking in the third, and Crawford wants to nip that in the bud.

Jack Johnson has a wicked fake-out on Valterri Filppula, commanding a smattering of ohhs from the crowd.

Cammalleri gets his stick down to redirect the puck on Osgood, who snaps it out of the air. Kronwell gets whistled for his second penalty of the game, when he takes out Kopitar at center ice. It seems the Wings are putting the screws to the Kings young center.

Priessing is out on the power play, paired with Johnson. And what seems odder enough is Jack's patrolling the blueline, while Tom has jumped up in the play. Seems like that should be, at least, reversed. The penalty is killed, and the Kings go back to even strength.

The Staples Center crowd files out as the one minute mark is announced. Don't they know this is prime time for a Kings goal? Turns out there's no late game goal from L.A., as they now are in the hold of a nasty intercontinental losing streak. Is it jet lag? Is it lack of experience? Or is it the Kings have yet to gel?

Final score: Red Wings 4, Kings 1