Wild bloodied in second straight loss in Los Angeles

Two teams seem to have the Wild's number this season, and one of them is the Kings, who swept the Wild with a pair of victories in three days during Minnesota's temporary stay in Los Angeles. 

After beating Minnesota 5-4 in a shootout on Saturday night, the Kings took the Wild down 4-2 on Monday night. The difference in the game was probably the fact that Minnesota went 1 for 6 on the power play, though Wild coach John Hynes chalked it up to a lousy second period. 

“I liked our first. I thought the third period, we made a good push. Second period we got outplayed, and to me, that was the story of the game,” Hynes said. 

The game was scoreless until Warren Foegele put L.A. up 1-0 at 15:34 of the second period. Just over two minutes later, former Wild winger Kevin Fiala made it 2-0. 

Jared Spurgeon cut the deficit in half at 5:55 of the third period, but the Kings reclaimed a two-goal cushion when Andrei Kuzmenko beat Wild goalie Filip Gustavsson for a 3-1 lead.  

The only power-play goal of the night for the Wild came when Ryan Hartman scored with 4:39 left in the game. It came after a double-minor was called on the Kings for a high stick that cut Marcus Johansson's face, forcing him to leave the game.