Honda Center – The site of a pivotal Game 5 tonight.

It certainly has been an interesting few games. The series is reset tonight and the Kings will look to pick up what they have left in the past two games… offense.

Watching both games was not the best of times for anybody besides Ducks’ fans.

Could it be the exhaustion that was expected after a tough, physical seven-game series against the Sharks?

I hope not.

Hopefully I see more of this.

The Kings in Game 3 looked good to start and were facing Frederik Andersen for the first time this series. A few chances had the Kings coming up short.

The Ducks opened up the scoring with a Corey Perry power play goal four minutes into the game.

The first period ended with a 1-0 Ducks lead. The second period began the same except Jeff Carter was able to get the Kings on the board off of a one-timer from Marian Gaborik and Anze Kopitar.

Jeff Carter celebrates his goal in Game 3 at Staples Center on May 8, 2014.

With five minutes left in the second period, Teemu Selanne decided to break the tie and the Ducks went into the second intermission up by a score of 2-1.

The Ducks’ Ben Lovejoy netted the eventual game-winning goal late in the third to put the Ducks up 3-1. The Kings tried to rally from two goals down with Mike Richards taking a major-league swing at the puck mid-air to bring the Kings to within one. Unfortunately, it was with 31 seconds left and the lead was too much for the Kings to overcome.

The Ducks ended up losing Andersen late in the game to a lower-body injury. He was replaced by Jonas Hiller, who was the victim of Richards’ goal.

Kings forward Jarret Stoll battles with Ducks defenseman Bryan Allen along the boards in Game 3 at Staples Center.

Game 4 featured the postseason debut of the Ducks’ rookie goaltender John Gibson. He started in net for Anaheim and came away with a shutout.

Yeah, that was not a good feeling. I went to Barney’s Beanery in Pasadena to watch the game with some friends hoping to bring some luck. I ended up running a bar tab.

My view for the game and where I sat in disbelief.

The game was a lowly-offensive night and also ended Kopitar’s playoff points streak at 11.

The Ducks scored the only two goals of the night in the first period. Anaheim totaled 14 shots on goal throughout the game including getting a big, fat zero for the second period.

Rookie goaltender John Gibson was flawless in a 14 save effort to shutout the Kings in Game 4 at Staples Center.

The Kings outshot and outhit the Ducks, but were unable to get them past Gibson. The Kings had 28 shots on net and 52 hits to the Ducks’ 26.

Jonathan Quick was pulled after the first period and rookie Martin Jones made his second appearance in the playoffs. Jones made three saves on the night.

The Ducks got goals from Devante Smith-Pelly and Ryan Getzlaf 2:43 apart in the first period.

Dustin Brown tries to corral the puck in front of the Anaheim net in Game 4 at Staples Center.

The Ducks will start Gibson again in net tonight. Jon Rosen, the LA Kings Insider, has provided a projected lineup for both teams along with some things to look for.

Enjoy the game!

All photos credited to Getty Images, Troy Platt and videos to the Kings website.

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