Kings hope to find goals at home in Game 3 against Golden Knights

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- The Los Angeles Kings scored one goal in two games to start the Western Conference First Round against the Vegas Golden Knights. As good as their goalie, Jonathan Quick, has been, that isn't nearly enough.
"I think, to a man, we know that we've got more," Kings center Jeff Carter said Saturday. "We've got a few areas we can clean up that I think will help us out in generating some more offense. We've got more, for sure."

Back home trailing the best-of-7 series 2-0, more shots and more time in the offensive zone are fundamentals Los Angeles wants to focus on going into Game 3 at Staples Center on Sunday (10:30 p.m. ET; NBCSN, CBC, TVAS, FS-W, ATTSN-RM).
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The Kings scored once in 155:23 at T-Mobile Arena, losing 1-0 and 2-1 in double overtime. It was their lowest output in consecutive Stanley Cup Playoff games since they played the defending-champion Colorado Avalanche in the 2002 Western Conference Quarterfinals. The Kings lost Game 4 1-0 at home before defeating the Avalanche 1-0 in overtime in Game 5 on the road.
Los Angeles limited Vegas to three goals playing without two injured defensemen (Jake Muzzin, Derek Forbort) and then without Drew Doughty in Game 2 because of a one-game suspension.
Carter, who does not have a point in two playoff games after getting 11 (seven goals, four assists) in the final 10 games of the regular season, wants to establish a more consistent forecheck.
"If you watch, they've always got a third guy back and they don't give up a lot of odd-man rushes, so that's on us to get the puck in there and start grinding away," Carter said.

The Golden Knights had 84 shots on goal and 57 shots blocked in the two games, 44 more attempts than the Kings (60 shots on goal, 37 shots blocked). Quick set a Los Angeles playoff record with 54 saves in Game 2 and has a .964 save percentage in the series (81 saves on 84 shots).
Kings defenseman Dion Phaneuf said they need to be more aggressive putting the puck on net, especially on the power play. Los Angeles is 1-for-6 in the series, with defenseman Paul LaDue scoring their only goal from the blue line through traffic in the second period of Game 2.
"You're not going to score every power play, but it's about momentum on special teams on both sides of the puck, so there's areas that we want to work on without getting into too many details," Phaneuf said. "Our forwards work hard to get us the puck up top. It's not easy to get it out of the corners. It's our job as defensemen to find lanes and get pucks through."