The Kings were forced out of their building for the first seven games of the season by the third phase of a multimillion-dollar renovation of Crypto.com Arena, which turned 25 this month.
Not only were the players away from their families, but also the home team puts its sticks down last on face-offs, improving its chances of winning the drop, and gets the last change on substitutions after a whistle, allowing it to exploit matchup advantages.
The fans, Kings president Luc Robitaille said, make the home-ice advantage.
There's a familiarity with your routine. When you eat, what time you get in your car, what the rink looks like.
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