The Sharks painful start to the season continued down the path of misery on Thursday night. Their Southern California sojourn ended with their 8th loss of the season and second to start their 4-game road trip. The Los Angeles blitzed the Sharks in the opening period by scoring 3 goals in the frame, then held on for a 3-2 victory after a late push by San Jose. The Sharks continue to struggle as they try and lose the distinction of being the only team in the NHL without a win this season.

Jordan Spence opened the game's scoring 4:31 into the contest after the Sharks turned the puck over in the offensive zone. Phillip Dannault stripped former King Tyler Toffoli before making an up ice feed. Trevor Moore carried it up the left wing before cycling toward the center of the zone and feeding Spence on the off wing. Spence took two strides then snapped a shot that caught net just inside the left post.

Warren Foegele would bag the next two goals to push the Kings lead to three goals. Foegele beat Henry Thrun with a hard nosed play after circling around the back of the net and putting a shot on net that Mackenzie Blackwood stopped initially. Rather than quit on the play, Foegele stopped near the right post, then waved a backhand stick at the puck to push it across the net after Thrun over-skated the play.

Foegele then parked himself in front of the Sharks net at the 11:36 mark and tipped an Alex Laferriere shot past Blackwood. Foegele positioned himself as Mikael Granlund tried tying up the King forward's stick to no avail.

The Sharks finally got on the board after former San Jose defenseman Kyle Burroughs was sent off for hooking William Eklund. It was the third power play of the night for San Jose, but Granlund made the most of it after he whipped a shot past David Rittich from the top of the left circle. Granlund's shot found the upper right corner of the net for his 2nd goal of the season.

A Trevor Lewis hooking penalty late in the period carried over to the 3rd frame, but San Jose allowed the Kings to win the period opening faceoff then move the puck all over the ice to kill 35 seconds of the remaining minute.

San Jose made a push in the 3rd period, but the Kings were content to defend their zone and kill clock while the Sharks tried to figure out a way to claw back into the contest.

Rittich was never really challenged through the first 55 minutes of the game, facing 7 shots in each of the first periods, before the Sharks opened thing sup with a 12 shot 3rd period.

Spence took a cross checking penalty with 5:54 remaining in regulation to provide the Sharks with one last chance to get back into the game, but Los Angeles denied San Jose by generating more scoring chances than their opponent while short-handed.

The Sharks pulled Blackwood with 2:30 to play, then Kevin Fiala obliged the Sharks by taking a tripping penalty with 65 seconds left in the contest.

Granlund converted his 2nd power play goal of the game at 19:00 on a shot from the left side. Blackwood stayed on the bench and the Sharks pushed the play to the front of the Kings net, but they couldn't get the equalizer past Rittich.

Game Notes:

* Dan Rusanowsky called his 2500th NHL game for the Sharks. Rusanowsky reached the milestone in his 33rd season in San Jose.

* Will Smith found himself back in the press box for this contest in what head coach Ryan Warsofsky is calling a "development day" for the rookie. It was the second time he's been scratched this season. Both scratches have come after Smith has played a block of three consecutive games. Carl Grundstrom made his way back to the lineup after missing the Anaheim game.

* The Sharks have now gone 8 full periods without scoring an even-strength goal.

* San Jose out-hit Los Angeles 39-24. The Kings out-shot San Jose 30-26, but they also had 24 blocked shots in the contest.

* The Sharks generated fewer penalties than their opponent, which has become a rarity this season. Los Angeles took 6 penalties, to the Sharks 2 infractions.