There’s No Analyzing Kings’ Loss : Hockey: Coach not ready to call in psychiatrists after Flames hand team sixth road defeat in a row, 6-2.

No matter how frustrated King Coach Larry Robinson is getting--and he fits the description--he won’t have his players walking on coals or breaking boards in the dressing room.

“Maybe that’s why previous coaches brought in all these head shrinks,” he said after the Kings lost their sixth consecutive game on the road, falling, 6-2, to the Calgary Flames on Monday.

“To try to find what is in their mind sometimes. I don’t want to resort to that. I’ll get someone else to do the job before I resort to that.”

For now, the solution after 30 games may be in the minors. Robinson said he will be calling the Kings’ minor-league team in Phoenix immediately to make some moves.

Losing to the Flames twice this season has pushed him to the precipice. The Kings were the perfect hosts a couple of months ago when the Flames were in town and especially kind enough to roll over, enabling Calgary to win its first game of the season.

Now, with the Flames struggling at home, the Kings obliged again as right wing Theoren Fleury recorded a natural hat trick in the second period at the Saddledome before 17,349.

It seems as if the Kings are taking this when-in-Rome stuff a little too seriously.

“We had too many passengers,” Robinson said. “I have to really, really, really think hard to find out who played well. They think their own way is the best way. I’m going to give a call to Phoenix, anyway. I liked what I saw in a few guys when I was down there.

“At least they have guys who come to work, and that’s all I’m asking right now. We’re not getting guys pulling their share of the load--I can think of five or eight guys, and some of our better guys too.”

The Flames may have won only their second home game in 12 attempts, but the Kings (12-12-6) continue to flounder on the road. Their last road victory was nearly a month ago, on Nov. 13, at Anaheim.

Overall, the Kings are 2-7-1 in their last 10 games. This is supposed to be a more forgiving portion of the schedule, yet the Kings have played badly against the lesser teams all season.

This one turned near the end of the first period when the Flames tied it, 2-2, after referee Paul Stewart awarded a penalty shot to Flame defenseman Steve Chiasson at 18:56, ruling King goaltender Byron Dafoe had thrown his stick at the puck after a scramble.

“The guy [Michael Nylander] tried to wrap it, and I made the save with my stick,” said Dafoe, who was pulled after two periods after he had given up five goals on 17 shots.

“It got caught in and he kept going and I just let go of my stick and his momentum carried it out to Fleury, who did have an open net. I can see why he called it. But I didn’t throw it.

“I should have just forgot about it. But it kind of frustrated me. Then I got mad because I didn’t stop the penalty shot. I thought about it for a while. You have to let those things go.”

Originally, Fleury was set to take it. But it was ruled that Chiasson was the last Flame player who had control of the puck, even if it had been back in his own end. On the penalty shot, Chiasson kept the puck on his forehand, never deked and beat Dafoe from about 15 feet out. It was his third goal of the season.

Said the flu-riddled Wayne Gretzky, who had one assist: “It gave them more momentum than it did deflate us. We didn’t do enough to win. We have to find ways to win on the road. I don’t think we played poorly, by any stretch of the imagination. But we just couldn’t win. That’s the bottom line.”