Kings hitting the road, where they’ve done some of their best work

LOS ANGELES — Long road trips have been kind to the Kings this season and now they’ve embarked on a six-game sprint that will include a daunting stretch of five matches in seven days. They’ll begin in St. Louis on Saturday, head to Columbus on Monday, visit former coach Todd McLellan in Detroit on Tuesday, finish the month in Philadelphia and then conclude their jaunt in Carolina to start February. On their two previous tours of five or more games, they earned 18 of a possible 22 points early in the year. They could certainly use a repeat performance given that on Friday morning four points separated six teams in the center of the Western Conference. After some uncertainty following...