EL SEGUNDO, Calif. – Long before goaltenders Jack Campbell and Jonathan Quick became teammates with the Kings, Campbell’s former team, the Dallas Stars gave him a homework assignment.



They suggested Campbell study the nuances of Quick’s game, on the grounds that there were parts of Quick’s style that he could adapt to his own. This, by the way, occurred prior to Campbell traveling to work with Quick’s trainer one summer in Connecticut simply because he was Quick’s trainer.



“I’ve been watching film on him since I was 19,” said Campbell, who is now 26. “Long story short they said, ‘We think you’re athletic like Quick, so we want you to study him.’”



But something else resonated with Campbell later and lingered. It happened in Game 2 of the Kings’ 2014 first-round series against the San Jose Sharks. The Kings collapsed in the third period, eventually losing 7-2 and...