What we learned from the Kings’ 4-3 overtime victory over Nashville

The Kings survived the combination of an afternoon game -- often a difficult assignment -- and a stern test against Nashville’s defense to win their seventh game in a row.

A couple of takeaways before the Kings leave for a two-game trip, at Chicago and St. Louis:

Doughty’s ability to rise to the occasion, again

This is nothing new for Kings fans to view. TV analyst Jim Fox put it best, describing the play by Kings defenseman Drew Doughty leading to Jeff Carter’s overtime goal as a world-class play by a “world-class” player.

Doughty broke up the Mike Fisher pass, chased down the puck along the left boards, got to it first and flicked the puck ahead to a waiting Carter. It would be one thing to do this in, say, the second period, but this occurred near the end of overtime as Doughty was completing a 51-second shift. He played 2 minutes 44 seconds in overtime, and a game-high 29:10.

Ability to engineer a third-period comeback

Kings Coach Darryl Sutter was talking the other day about the ability to win games in differing manners. They won back-to-back games on the recent trip, scoring the game-winners in the last five minutes.

This was one in which the Kings trailed heading into the third period. Nashville led, 2-1, after 40 minutes, and it was the first time the Kings have won a game this season after being behind after two periods. In fact, it is the first time they’ve done so since Jan. 1, 2015, at Vancouver. That game, they were losing 2-1 and won 3-2.

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